Letschin

Letschin is a municipality in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Letschin
Wooden church of Sietzing
Coat of arms
Location of Letschin within Märkisch-Oderland district
Letschin Letschin
Coordinates: 52°37′59″N 14°22′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Subdivisions	10 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Michael Böttcher (Letschin FWL)
Area
• Total	141.28 km^2 (54.55 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,975
• Density	28/km^2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15324
Dialling codes	033475
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.letschin.de

The municipality has ten subdivisions:

Gieshof-Zelliner Loose Gross Neuendorf Kiehnwerder Kienitz Letschin Neubarnim

Ortwig Sietzing Sophienthal Steintoch

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 and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Letschin: Population development
within the current boundaries (2018)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 13,357 —     1890 11,550 −0.96% 1910 10,551 −0.45% 1925 10,413 −0.09% 1933 10,001 −0.50% 1939 9,470 −0.91% 1946 8,819 −1.01% 1950 10,311 +3.98% 1964 8,299 −1.54% 1971 7,883 −0.73% 1981 6,480 −1.94% 1985 6,275 −0.80% 1989 6,160 −0.46% 1990 6,133 −0.44% 1991 5,965 −2.74%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 5,892 −1.22% 1993 5,766 −2.14% 1994 5,666 −1.73% 1995 5,588 −1.38% 1996 5,603 +0.27% 1997 5,517 −1.53% 1998 5,453 −1.16% 1999 5,370 −1.52% 2000 5,332 −0.71% 2001 5,257 −1.41% 2002 5,141 −2.21% 2003 5,057 −1.63% 2004 4,898 −3.14% 2005 4,785 −2.31% 2006 4,710 −1.57%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 4,605 −2.23% 2008 4,516 −1.93% 2009 4,399 −2.59% 2010 4,329 −1.59% 2011 4,215 −2.63% 2012 4,164 −1.21% 2013 4,132 −0.77% 2014 4,100 −0.77% 2015 4,035 −1.59% 2016 4,003 −0.79% 2017 3,967 −0.90% 2018 3,987 +0.50% 2019 3,975 −0.30%

People

• Katja Havemann (born 1947), civil right activists and author

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

External links

Media related to Letschin at Wikimedia Commons