Birkenwerder

Birkenwerder
Town hall
Coat of arms
Birkenwerder
Location of Birkenwerder within Oberhavel district
Coordinates: 52°41′N 13°17′E / 52.683°N 13.283°E / 52.683; 13.283Coordinates: 52°41′N 13°17′E / 52.683°N 13.283°E / 52.683; 13.283
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Government
• Mayor	Stephan Zimniok
Area
• Total	18.10 km2 (6.99 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,019
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16547
Dialling codes	03303
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.birkenwerder.de

Birkenwerder is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography

Birkenwerder is situated in the south of Oberhavel. The northern border of Berlin is 3 kilometres away. Birkenwerder shares his border with Oranienburg in the north, Mühlenbecker Land in the east and Hohen Neuendorf in the south and in the north. In the centre of Birkenwerder is the river Briese. In the west of Birkenwerder it empties in the River Havel. Briese and Lindenhof are districts (Wohnplätze) of Birkenwerder. More than 50% of the area consists of forest. There are many forest roads, also along the river Briese. Birkenwerder is connected to the motorway A 10 (Bundesautobahn 10), the B 96 (Bundesstraße 96) and the B 96a which ends in the centre of Birkenwerder.

Demography

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  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 regime; red background: time of Communist regime)

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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

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

References

Towns and municipalities in Oberhavel
Birkenwerder Fürstenberg/Havel Glienicke/Nordbahn Gransee Großwoltersdorf Hennigsdorf Hohen Neuendorf Kremmen Leegebruch Liebenwalde Löwenberger Land Mühlenbecker Land Oberkrämer Oranienburg Schönermark Sonnenberg Stechlin Velten Zehdenick