Baruth/Mark

Baruth/Mark
Coat of arms
Baruth/Mark
Location of Baruth/Mark within Teltow-Fläming district
Coordinates: 52°03′N 13°30′E / 52.050°N 13.500°ECoordinates: 52°03′N 13°30′E / 52.050°N 13.500°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Teltow-Fläming
Government
• Mayor	Peter Ilk (LOB)
Area
• Total	233.62 km^2 (90.20 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,146
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15837
Dialling codes	033704
Vehicle registration	TF
Website	www.stadt-baruth-mark.de

Baruth/Mark is a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km east of Luckenwalde, and 53 km south of Berlin.

Geography

Baruth/Mark is structured in the following parts of town,^[2] which are all villages and mainly former municipalities:

• Baruth/Mark
  • Klein Ziescht
• Dornswalde
• Groß Ziescht
  • Kemlitz
• Horstwalde
• Klasdorf
  • Glashütte
• Ließen
• Merzdorf
• Mückendorf
• Paplitz
• Petkus
  • Charlottenfelde
• Radeland
• Schöbendorf

Demography

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  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)

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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Baruth/Mark:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year Population 1875 6 513 1890 6 508 1910 6 458 1925 6 312 1933 6 077 1939 6 149 1946 7 626 1950 7 687 1964 5 974 1971 5 620

Year Population 1981 5 229 1985 5 155 1989 5 011 1990 4 926 1991 4 866 1992 4 823 1993 4 786 1994 4 763 1995 4 699 1996 4 766

Year Population 1997 4 843 1998 4 809 1999 4 727 2000 4 651 2001 4 585 2002 4 523 2003 4 515 2004 4 461 2005 4 437 2006 4 388

Year Population 2007 4 360 2008 4 309 2009 4 213 2010 4 174 2011 4 192 2012 4 182 2013 4 171

Photogallery

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  Street sign on entry to Baruth/Mark

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  Firehouse

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  Castle Baruth

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  Fascia detail, Castle Baruth

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  Cathedral

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  Municipal Playground

Sons and daughters of the town

Johann Gottlob Nathusius

• Christian Kunth (1757-1829), educator, educator of Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt
• Johann Gottlob Nathusius (1760-1835), entrepreneur
• Johann Georg Lehmann (1765-1811), surveyor and cartographer

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. Main constitution of the town of Baruth/Mark PDF (German)
3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons