Marienwerder, Brandenburg

Marienwerder (German pronunciation: [maˌʁiːənˈvɛʁdɐ] ) is a municipality in the district of Barnim in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.

Marienwerder
Municipality
Location of Marienwerder within Barnim district
Marienwerder Marienwerder
Coordinates: 52°50′33″N 13°36′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Municipal assoc.	Biesenthal-Barnim
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Annett Klingsporn
Area
• Total	39.92 km2 (15.41 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,726
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16348
Dialling codes	03335
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	marienwerder-barnim.de

Suzanne Vega on stage here 2016

Every summer since 2004, a two-day music festival called Inselleuchten takes place in Marienwerder in mid-July. From 2007 on the popular actor and musician Axel Prahl hosted it as presenter and figurehead. In 2016 Suzanne Vega gave a stage show here. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 festival was canceled and rescheduled to 2021.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Marienwerder was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the East German Bezirk Frankfurt 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 of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)

Marienwerder: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 2,294 —     1890 2,324 +0.09% 1910 2,019 −0.70% 1925 2,313 +0.91% 1933 2,507 +1.01% 1939 2,526 +0.13% 1946 2,505 −0.12% 1950 2,541 +0.36% 1964 1,988 −1.74% 1971 1,890 −0.72% 1981 1,559 −1.91% 1985 1,506 −0.86% 1989 1,403 −1.76% 1990 1,387 −1.14% 1991 1,376 −0.79%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 1,386 +0.73% 1993 1,412 +1.88% 1994 1,440 +1.98% 1995 1,421 −1.32% 1996 1,444 +1.62% 1997 1,475 +2.15% 1998 1,605 +8.81% 1999 1,652 +2.93% 2000 1,659 +0.42% 2001 1,656 −0.18% 2002 1,705 +2.96% 2003 1,717 +0.70% 2004 1,751 +1.98% 2005 1,763 +0.69% 2006 1,768 +0.28%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 1,771 +0.17% 2008 1,757 −0.79% 2009 1,731 −1.48% 2010 1,765 +1.96% 2011 1,768 +0.17% 2012 1,758 −0.57% 2013 1,762 +0.23% 2014 1,739 −1.31% 2015 1,745 +0.35% 2016 1,698 −2.69% 2017 1,695 −0.18% 2018 1,725 +1.77% 2019 1,686 −2.26% 2020 1,691 +0.30%

External links

• Photo gallery of the Inselleuchten festival years