Lychen

Lychen
Church
Coat of arms
Lychen
Location of Lychen within Uckermark district
Coordinates: 53°12′12″N 13°19′11″E / 53.203235°N 13.319617°ECoordinates: 53°12′12″N 13°19′11″E / 53.203235°N 13.319617°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Government
• Mayor	Sven Klemckow (Linkspartei)
Area
• Total	110.51 km^2 (42.67 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,135
• Density	28/km^2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	17279
Dialling codes	039888
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	www.lychen.de

Lychen (German pronunciation: [ˈlyːçən]), also known as Flößerstadt (raftsman city), is a town in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 kilometres (15 mi) southeast of Neustrelitz, and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Fürstenberg/Havel. This is the town where the thumbtack was created.

History

Previously, the timber rafting was one of the most important sectors of the economy. It was Timber joined together to rafts, and also transports other goods. Recalling there in Lychen a timber rafting museum, and tourists can travel by raft on the lake In 1903, Johann Kirsten invented here the flat-headed thumb tacks, and at the beginning of the 20th century there was some little factories of flat-headed thumb tacks.

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)
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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

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

Year Population 1875 3 184 1890 3 359 1910 3 919 1925 4 828 1933 4 662 1939 5 261 1946 4 981 1950 5 053 1964 4 452 1971 4 490

Year Population 1981 4 205 1985 4 209 1989 4 118 1990 4 114 1991 4 060 1992 4 290 1993 4 299 1994 4 154 1995 4 122 1996 4 118

Year Population 1997 4 064 1998 4 073 1999 4 015 2000 3 966 2001 3 989 2002 3 967 2003 3 943 2004 3 943 2005 3 905 2006 3 805

Year Population 2007 3 729 2008 3 626 2009 3 571 2010 3 527 2011 3 257 2012 3 150 2013 3 114

Photogallery

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  City wall
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  Lake Oberpfuhl
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  Stream Wurlflut
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  Timber Rafting Museum
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  Raft carrying tourists to lake Oberpfuhl

See also

• Nesselpfuhl
• Oberpfuhl
• Wurlsee
• Zenssee

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