Herzberg (Elster)

Herzberg
Coat of arms
Herzberg
Location of Herzberg within Elbe-Elster district
Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°13′59″E / 51.68306°N 13.23306°ECoordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°13′59″E / 51.68306°N 13.23306°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Government
• Mayor	Michael Oecknigk (CDU)
Area
• Total	148.48 km^2 (57.33 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	9,067
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	04916
Dialling codes	03535
Vehicle registration	EE
Website	herzberg-elster.de

Herzberg (Elster) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

Overview

As of 2004, its population is 10,968 and the mayor is Michael Oecknigk of the Christian Democratic Union.

Villa Marx

Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities:

• Büdingen, Hesse
• Świebodzin, Poland
• Dixon, United States of America
• Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia

From 1939 to 1945 there was the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster. The basement of the mast is still there.

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)
• 
  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Herzberg (Elster):
Population development within the current boundaries^[2]

Year Population 1875 8 259 1890 8 865 1910 8 337 1925 8 250 1933 8 715 1939 9 346 1946 12 457 1950 12 479 1964 11 474 1971 12 091

Year Population 1981 11 956 1985 11 899 1989 12 229 1990 12 165 1991 12 075 1992 11 950 1993 12 126 1994 11 955 1995 11 897 1996 11 816

Year Population 1997 11 801 1998 11 718 1999 11 616 2000 11 380 2001 11 148 2002 11 053 2003 11 046 2004 10 968 2005 10 930 2006 10 792

Year Population 2007 10 524 2008 10 275 2009 10 130 2010 9 982 2011 9 461 2012 9 345

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

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 Herzberg (Elster) at Wikimedia Commons

• herzberg-elster.de, in German
• mein-herzberg.de, marketing accociation