Pritzwalk

Pritzwalk (German: [ˈpʁɪt͡sˌvalk] (listen)) is a town in the district of Prignitz, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 20 km west of Wittstock, and 33 km northeast of Wittenberge. The river Dömnitz flows through Pritzwalk.

Pritzwalk
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Pritzwalk within Prignitz district
Pritzwalk Pritzwalk
Coordinates: 53°08′59″N 12°10′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Government
• Mayor	Dr. Ronald Thiel
Area
• Total	165.57 km^2 (63.93 sq mi)
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,879
• Density	72/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16928
Dialling codes	03395
Vehicle registration	PR (old: PK)
Website	www.pritzwalk.de

Demography

• 
  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
• 
  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)

Pritzwalk: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 10,354 —     1890 10,949 +0.37% 1910 12,569 +0.69% 1925 13,085 +0.27% 1933 13,160 +0.07% 1939 13,130 −0.04% 1946 16,297 +3.14% 1950 16,766 +0.71% 1964 14,894 −0.84% 1971 15,623 +0.68% 1981 16,236 +0.39% 1985 16,315 +0.12% 1989 16,253 −0.10% 1990 15,995 −1.59% 1991 15,605 −2.44%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 15,360 −1.57% 1993 15,175 −1.20% 1994 15,061 −0.75% 1995 14,874 −1.24% 1996 14,708 −1.12% 1997 14,740 +0.22% 1998 14,519 −1.50% 1999 14,428 −0.63% 2000 14,309 −0.82% 2001 14,088 −1.54% 2002 13,875 −1.51% 2003 13,681 −1.40% 2004 13,481 −1.46% 2005 13,336 −1.08% 2006 13,252 −0.63%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 13,072 −1.36% 2008 12,929 −1.09% 2009 12,737 −1.49% 2010 12,598 −1.09% 2011 12,236 −2.87% 2012 12,164 −0.59% 2013 11,982 −1.50% 2014 11,909 −0.61% 2015 11,922 +0.11% 2016 12,050 +1.07% 2017 12,009 −0.34% 2018 11,924 −0.71% 2019 11,879 −0.38%

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Pritzwalk is twinned with:

• Winsen, Germany

Sons and daughters of the town

• Heinrich Gätke (1814–1897), ornithologist

Heinrich Gaetke 1895

• Hermann von Grauert (1850–1924), historian
• Franz John (1872–1952), first president of FC Bayern München
• Günther Quandt (1881–1954), industrial and Wehrwirtschaftsführer

Günther Quandt, 1941 Wehrwirtschaftsführer

• Ernst-Günther Baade (1897–1945), Generalleutnant of the Wehrmacht,
• Herbert Quandt (1910–1982), industrial
• Liane Buhr (born 1956), rower

References

Church in Sarnow

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 Pritzwalk at Wikimedia Commons