Herzberg (Elster)

Herzberg
Herzberg
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Herzberg within Elbe-Elster district
	Herzberg Herzberg
	Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°13′59″E / 51.68306°N 13.23306°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Government
• Mayor	Karsten Eule-Prütz (Ind.)
Area
• Total	148.48 km2 (57.33 sq mi)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)
• Total	8,917
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04916
Dialling codes	03535
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB
Website	herzberg-elster.de

Herzberg (Elster) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

Overview

As of 2004, its population is 10,968 and the mayor is Michael Oecknigk of the Christian Democratic Union.

Villa Marx

Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities:

Büdingen, Hesse
Świebodzin, Poland
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia

From 1939 to 1945 there was the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster. The basement of the mast is still there.

Demography

Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; dotted line: comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; grey background: time of Nazi rule; red background: time of Communist rule)
Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Herzberg (Elster): Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[2]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	8,259	—
1890	8,865	+0.47%
1910	8,337	−0.31%
1925	8,250	−0.07%
1933	8,715	+0.69%
1939	9,346	+1.17%
1946	12,457	+4.19%
1950	12,479	+0.04%
1964	11,474	−0.60%
1971	12,091	+0.75%
1981	11,956	−0.11%
1985	11,899	−0.12%
1989	12,229	+0.69%
1990	12,165	−0.52%
1991	12,075	−0.74%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	11,950	−1.04%
1993	12,126	+1.47%
1994	11,955	−1.41%
1995	11,897	−0.49%
1996	11,816	−0.68%
1997	11,801	−0.13%
1998	11,718	−0.70%
1999	11,616	−0.87%
2000	11,380	−2.03%
2001	11,148	−2.04%
2002	11,053	−0.85%
2003	11,046	−0.06%
2004	10,968	−0.71%
2005	10,930	−0.35%
2006	10,792	−1.26%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	10,524	−2.48%
2008	10,275	−2.37%
2009	10,130	−1.41%
2010	9,982	−1.46%
2011	9,461	−5.22%
2012	9,345	−1.23%
2013	9,161	−1.97%
2014	9,127	−0.37%
2015	9,067	−0.66%
2016	9,129	+0.68%
2017	9,087	−0.46%
2018	9,027	−0.66%
2019	8,917	−1.22%

Sons and daughters of the city

Luise von Francois around 1881

Louise von François (1817-1893), narrator and writer
Werner Janensch (1878-1969), paleontologist and geologist
Steffen Zesner (* 1967), world class swimmer

References

^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.
^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

Media related to Herzberg (Elster) at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in German)

[1] "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.

[2] Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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