Dahme, Brandenburg

Dahme (also: Dahme/Mark) is a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Dahme River, 30 km southeast of Luckenwalde, and 38 km west of Lübbenau.

Dahme
Town hall and post office
Coat of arms
Location of Dahme within Teltow-Fläming district
Dahme Dahme
Coordinates: 51°52′00″N 13°25′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Teltow-Fläming
Municipal assoc.	Dahme/Mark
Subdivisions	13 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Willweber (FW)
Area
• Total	162.02 km^2 (62.56 sq mi)
Elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,881
• Density	30/km^2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15936
Dialling codes	035451
Vehicle registration	TF
Website	www.dahme.de

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

Dahme/Mark: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 8,674 —     1890 8,355 −0.25% 1910 8,976 +0.36% 1925 8,303 −0.52% 1933 8,009 −0.45% 1939 7,943 −0.14% 1946 10,840 +4.54% 1950 10,676 −0.38% 1964 8,756 −1.41% 1971 8,608 −0.24% 1981 7,610 −1.22% 1985 7,427 −0.61% 1989 7,271 −0.53% 1990 7,179 −1.27%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 7,036 −1.99% 1992 6,839 −2.80% 1993 6,745 −1.37% 1994 6,698 −0.70% 1995 6,680 −0.27% 1996 6,506 −2.60% 1997 6,496 −0.15% 1998 6,399 −1.49% 1999 6,279 −1.88% 2000 6,219 −0.96% 2001 6,165 −0.87% 2002 6,147 −0.29% 2003 6,035 −1.82% 2004 5,910 −2.07%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 5,790 −2.03% 2006 5,678 −1.93% 2007 5,583 −1.67% 2008 5,525 −1.04% 2009 5,412 −2.05% 2010 5,376 −0.67% 2011 5,288 −1.64% 2012 5,253 −0.66% 2013 5,194 −1.12% 2014 5,113 −1.56% 2015 5,073 −0.78% 2016 4,994 −1.56% 2017 4,930 −1.28%

Notable people

Hermann Hellriegel

• Karsten Greve (born 1946), an internationally renowned art dealer.
• Johannes Groenland (1824-1891), botanist and microscopist who worked for Vilmorin and was a professor of natural science in Dahme.
• Hermann Hellriegel (1831-1895), first head of the agricultural test station in Dahme from 1857 to 1873
• Max Jacob (1849-1921), architect
• Roswitha Krause (born 1949), swimmer and handball player
• Günther Marks (1897-1978), church musician and composer; lecturer for organ play and church music at the evangelical seminar in Dahme
• Otto Unverdorben (1806-1873), discoverer of the Aniline
• Birgit Vanderbeke (born 1956), writer

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.
2. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons