Märkische Heide

Märkische Heide is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany.

Märkische Heide
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Märkische Heide within Dahme-Spreewald district
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Coordinates: 52°02′20″N 14°02′17″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Subdivisions	17 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Dieter Freihoff (SPD)
Area
• Total	210.10 km2 (81.12 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,918
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15913
Dialling codes	035471
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	www.maerkische-heide.de

History

On 26 October 2003, the municipality of Märkische Heide was formed by merging 17 municipalities. These were Alt-Schadow, Biebersdorf, Dollgen, Dürrenhofe, Glietz, Gröditsch, Groß Leine, Groß Leuthen, Hohenbrück-Neu Schadow, Klein Leine, Krugau, Kuschkow, Leibchel, Plattkow, Pretschen, Schuhle-Wiese and Wittmannsdorf-Bückchen.

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Märkische Heide were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 partially (Alt-Schadow, Biebersdorf, Dollgen, Dürrenhofe, Glietz, Gröditsch, Groß Leine, Groß Leuthen, Hohenbrück-Neu Schadow, Klein Leine, Krugau, Kuschkow, Leibchel, Pretschen, Schuhle-Wiese and Wittmannsdorf-Bückchen) of the Bezirk Cottbus and partially (Plattkow) of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany. Since 1990, they have again been part of Brandenburg, since 2003 united as the municipality of Märkische Heide.

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 rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
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  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 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Märkische Heide: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 6,257 —     1890 6,070 −0.20% 1910 5,747 −0.27% 1925 5,511 −0.28% 1933 5,279 −0.54% 1939 5,064 −0.69% 1946 8,101 +6.94% 1950 7,730 −1.17% 1964 6,031 −1.76% 1971 5,870 −0.39% 1981 5,347 −0.93% 1985 5,193 −0.73% 1989 5,184 −0.04% 1990 5,134 −0.96% 1991 5,062 −1.40%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 5,148 +1.70% 1993 5,145 −0.06% 1994 4,984 −3.13% 1995 4,989 +0.10% 1996 4,977 −0.24% 1997 4,981 +0.08% 1998 5,000 +0.38% 1999 4,975 −0.50% 2000 4,980 +0.10% 2001 4,946 −0.68% 2002 4,899 −0.95% 2003 4,841 −1.18% 2004 4,772 −1.43% 2005 4,760 −0.25% 2006 4,684 −1.60%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 4,585 −2.11% 2008 4,464 −2.64% 2009 4,396 −1.52% 2010 4,313 −1.89% 2011 4,137 −4.08% 2012 4,067 −1.69% 2013 4,002 −1.60% 2014 3,989 −0.32% 2015 3,954 −0.88% 2016 3,915 −0.99% 2017 3,880 −0.89% 2018 3,893 +0.34% 2019 3,894 +0.03% 2020 3,904 +0.26%

Song

"Märkische Heide", also known as "Brandenburglied", is the title of a well-known German song, whose text mainly praises the beauty of the local countryside. The Chilean military song Mi fusil y yo adopted its melody.