Angermünde (German pronunciation:[aŋɐˈmʏndə]ⓘ) is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is about 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Berlin, the capital of Germany.
The population is about 14,000, but has been declining since its traditional industrial base, enamel-working, has declined. An administrative sub-centre of its district, it has several Protestant churches, a former Franciscan church, a number of schools of higher learning and a recently refurbished historic marketplace with an old town hall. Located in the game-filled forests of the Uckermark, with its many lakes, it now relies heavily on tourism and the sources of revenue linked to it.
Since 2010, Angermünde is a federally declared resort town.[3]
The name Angermünde is an abbreviation of the older town of Tangermünde, for a while the town was named New-Tangermünde (Neu-Tangermünde), until it was changed to "Angermünde", with Anger being German for a central square in a town.
Angermünde is located in the Uckermarck region, roughly 69 km north of Berlin. It is made up of the Inner City (German: Kernstadt), and 23 adjacent districts.[citation needed] The districts are: Altkünkendorf, Biesenbrow, Bölkendorf, Bruchhagen, Crussow, Dobberzin, Frauenhagen, Gellmersdorf, Görlsdorf, Greiffenberg, Günterberg, Herzsprung, Kerkow, Mürow, Neukünkendorf, Schmargendorf, Schmiedeberg, Steinhöfel, Stolpe, Welsow, Wilmersdorf, Wolletz, and Zuchenberg.[citation needed] In addition, there are 40 registered neighborhoods (German: Wohnplätze) within the districts.[citation needed] The registered neighborhood are: Altenhof, Augustenfelde, Ausbau, Ausbau Mürower Straße, Ausbau Pinnower Weg, Ausbau Welsower Weg, Bauernsee, Blumberger Mühle, Breitenteicher Mühle, Friedrichsfelde, Gehegemühle, Glambecker Mühle, Greiffenberg Siedlung, Grumsin, Henriettenhof, Klein Frauenhagen, Leistenhof, Leopoldsthal, Linde, Lindenhof, Louisenhof, Luisenthal, Mürow-Oberdorf, Neu-Günterberg, Neuhaus, Neuhof, Peetzig, Rosinthal, Schäferei, Sonnenhof, Sternfelde, Stolper Mühle, Thekenberg, Waldfried, Waldfrieden, Wilhelmsfelde, Wilhelmshof, Ziethenmühle, und Zollende.[citation needed] With an area of around 324 km2, Angermünde was, as of 2020, Germany's 17th largest municipality.[4]
From 1947 to 1952, Angermünde was part of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.
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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
Angermünde: Population development within the current boundaries (2020)[8]
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1875
16,460
—
1890
15,733
−0.30%
1910
16,545
+0.25%
1925
18,373
+0.70%
1939
18,139
−0.09%
1950
24,884
+2.92%
1964
22,204
−0.81%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1971
21,037
−0.77%
1981
18,651
−1.20%
1985
18,110
−0.73%
1990
17,372
−0.83%
1995
16,488
−1.04%
2000
16,481
−0.01%
2005
15,276
−1.51%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
2010
14,360
−1.23%
2015
13,805
−0.79%
2016
13,797
−0.06%
2017
13,837
+0.29%
2018
13,744
−0.67%
2019
13,757
+0.09%
2020
13,637
−0.87%
Mayors
1989–1998: Wolf-Hugo Just
1998–2016: Wolfgang Krakow (SPD)
since 2016: Frederik Bewer (independent)
Frederik Bewer was elected in May 2016 with 95.3% of the vote, for an eight-year term.[9]
