Bad Saarow

Bad Saarow
Railway station
Bad Saarow
Location of Bad Saarow within Oder-Spree district
Coordinates: 52°16′59″N 14°04′00″E / 52.28306°N 14.06667°ECoordinates: 52°16′59″N 14°04′00″E / 52.28306°N 14.06667°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Scharmützelsee
Government
• Mayor	Susanne Rolle (CDU)
Area
• Total	51.98 km^2 (20.07 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,251
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15526
Dialling codes	033631
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.bad-saarow.de

Bad Saarow is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

The place is known for its hot springs and for its mineral rich mud. Their healing properties have attracted visitors for many years, and in 1923 led to the town's name acquiring the prefix "Bad".

Nearby are the Dubrower Berge a range of wooded hills popular with hikers and cyclists.

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)

Bad Saarow:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)^[2]

Year Population 1875 1 253 1890 1 251 1910 1 426 1925 2 146 1933 2 335 1939 3 537 1946 3 577 1950 3 936 1964 4 125 1971 4 370

Year Population 1981 4 465 1985 4 552 1989 4 633 1990 4 657 1991 4 613 1992 4 597 1993 4 650 1994 4 663 1995 4 622 1996 4 645

Year Population 1997 4 654 1998 4 653 1999 4 693 2000 4 672 2001 4 660 2002 4 594 2003 4 595 2004 4 730 2005 4 793 2006 4 758

Year Population 2007 4 842 2008 4 828 2009 4 791 2010 4 867 2011 4 929 2012 5 001 2013 5 006 2014 5 090

Sons and daughters of the church

• Jörg Schönbohm (born 1937 in Neu Golm), former Lieutenant general of the Bundeswehr, 1999-2009 Minister of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg
• Cornelia Ernst (born 1956), politician (The Left)
• Marienetta Jirkowsky (1962-1980), Death at the Berlin wall
• Axel Schulz (born 1968), boxer
• Vivien Kussatz (born 1972), sailor
• Franziska Mietzner (born 1988), handball player

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
2. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons