Karstädt

For Karstädt in the district of Ludwigslust, see Karstädt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Karstädt is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Karstädt
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Karstädt within Prignitz district
Karstädt Karstädt
Coordinates: 53°08′59″N 11°45′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Government
• Mayor (2019–27)	Udo Staeck (CDU)
Area
• Total	252.18 km2 (97.37 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m (112 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	5,980
• Density	24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19357
Dialling codes	038797
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.gemeinde-karstaedt.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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Karstädt: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 8,338 —     1890 8,054 −0.23% 1910 8,800 +0.44% 1925 9,172 +0.28% 1939 8,914 −0.20% 1950 13,168 +3.61% 1964 10,125 −1.86%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 10,012 −0.16% 1981 9,480 −0.54% 1985 9,332 −0.39% 1990 9,015 −0.69% 1995 8,395 −1.41% 2000 7,808 −1.44% 2005 7,038 −2.06%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 6,376 −1.96% 2015 5,983 −1.26% 2016 6,013 +0.50% 2017 5,989 −0.40% 2018 5,943 −0.77% 2019 5,967 +0.40% 2020 5,944 −0.39%