Havelsee

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Town in Brandenburg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Havelsee within Potsdam-Mittelmark district

(2019–24) Günter Noack^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total66.60 km² (25.71 sq mi)Elevation

39 m (128 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,229 • Density48/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

14778, 14798

Dialling codes033834Vehicle registrationPMWebsitewww.havelsee.de

Havelsee (German pronunciation: [ˈhaːfl̩ˌzeː] ^ⓘ) 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 Kützkow.

Mayor

The mayor of Havelsee since 2003 is Günther Noack, he was reelected in 2014 with 83,4 % of the votes.^[3]

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.

Notable people

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

Havelsee: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[4]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	4,164	—
1890	4,351	+0.29%
1910	3,992	−0.43%
1925	3,857	−0.23%
1933	3,960	+0.33%
1939	4,419	+1.84%
1946	5,117	+2.12%
1950	5,093	−0.12%
1964	3,953	−1.79%
1971	3,770	−0.67%
1981	3,170	−1.72%
1985	3,076	−0.75%
1989	2,923	−1.27%
1990	2,858	−2.22%
1991	2,775	−2.90%
1992	2,774	−0.04%
1993	2,810	+1.30%
1994	2,907	+3.45%
1995	3,125	+7.50%
1996	3,392	+8.54%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1997	3,546	+4.54%
1998	3,670	+3.50%
1999	3,709	+1.06%
2000	3,737	+0.75%
2001	3,712	−0.67%
2002	3,681	−0.84%
2003	3,613	−1.85%
2004	3,562	−1.41%
2005	3,523	−1.09%
2006	3,516	−0.20%
2007	3,490	−0.74%
2008	3,512	+0.63%
2009	3,493	−0.54%
2010	3,503	+0.29%
2011	3,431	−2.06%
2012	3,349	−2.39%
2013	3,275	−2.21%
2014	3,268	−0.21%
2015	3,234	−1.04%
2016	3,244	+0.31%

External links

Potsdamer Brandenburger Havelseen, Tourist information

References

^ Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
^ "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