Havelsee
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Havelsee | |
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show Location of Havelsee within Potsdam-Mittelmark district | |
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Coordinates: 52°30′N 12°28′E / 52.500°N 12.467°ECoordinates: 52°30′N 12°28′E / 52.500°N 12.467°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Potsdam-Mittelmark |
Municipal assoc. | Beetzsee |
Subdivisions | 8 Ortsteile |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Günter Noack[1] (Ind.) |
Area | |
• Total | 66.60 km2 (25.71 sq mi) |
Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,277 |
• Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 14778, 14798 |
Dialling codes | 033834 |
Vehicle registration | PM |
Website | www.havelsee.de |
Havelsee (German pronunciation: [ˈhaːfl̩ˌzeː] (listen)) is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Havel, 12 km northwest of Brandenburg.
The Pritzerbe Ferry, a vehicular cable ferry, crosses the Havel between Havelsee and .
Mayor[]
The mayor of Havelsee since 2003 is Günther Noack, he was reelected in 2014 with 83,4 % of the votes.[3]
School house in Pritzerbe
Church in Kirchefohrde
Protected areas[]
Over 80% of the area of the borough of Havelsee is covered by overlapping protected areas of various types. These include the natural monument of Weißes Fenn Marzahne as well as 3 nature reserves and 4 SACs.
Personalities[]
- Lothar Kreyssig (1898-1986), magistrate in Brandenburg an der Havel, a member of the Confessing Church, euthanasia opponents and founder of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, 1937-1971 residing in the Bruderhof at Hohenferchesar
- Walter Kuntze (1883-1960), General of the Wehrmacht
Demography[]
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Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
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External links[]
- Potsdamer Brandenburger Havelseen, Tourist information
References[]
- ^ Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2020". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2021.
- ^ "Bekanntmachung des endgültigen Wahlergebnisses sowie der Name des gewählten Bewerbers zur Wahl des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Havelsee am 25.05.2014" (PDF) (in German). Mühlenberg, Wahlleiterin. 3 June 2014.
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Towns in Brandenburg
- Localities in Potsdam-Mittelmark
- Province of Brandenburg
- Bezirk Potsdam
- Brandenburg geography stubs