Beeskow

Beeskow
View over Beeskow
Coat of arms
Beeskow
Location of Beeskow within Oder-Spree district
Coordinates: 52°10′N 14°15′E / 52.167°N 14.250°ECoordinates: 52°10′N 14°15′E / 52.167°N 14.250°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Government
• Mayor	Frank Steffen (SPD)
Area
• Total	77.15 km^2 (29.79 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,122
• Density	110/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15848
Dialling codes	03366
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.beeskow.de

Beeskow (Lower Sorbian: Bezkow) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, and capital of the Oder-Spree district. It is situated on the river Spree, 30 km southwest of Frankfurt an der Oder.

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

Beeskow:
Population development within the current boundaries^[2]

Year Population 1875 6 668 1890 6 585 1910 6 408 1925 6 744 1933 7 403 1939 7 128 1946 9 509 1950 9 191 1964 8 667 1971 8 774

Year Population 1981 9 617 1985 9 749 1989 9 854 1990 9 712 1991 9 595 1992 9 585 1993 9 415 1994 9 329 1995 9 403 1996 9 549

Year Population 1997 9 398 1998 9 294 1999 9 100 2000 8 946 2001 8 865 2002 8 756 2003 8 612 2004 8 594 2005 8 342 2006 8 365

Year Population 2007 8 314 2008 8 235 2009 8 206 2010 8 120 2011 8 030 2012 7 996

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.^[3]

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

• Max Seiffert (1868-1948), musicologist, editor of ancient music
• Joachim Mattern (born 1948), canoeist
• Judith Zeidler (born 1967), rower
• Ronny Ostwald (born 1974), sprint athlete

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. Boundaries as of 2013
3. Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

Media related to Beeskow at Wikimedia Commons