Melchow

For the village in Poland, see Mełchów.

Melchow is a municipality in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany.

Melchow
Municipality
Location of Melchow within Barnim district
Melchow Melchow
Coordinates: 52°46′59″N 13°43′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Municipal assoc.	Biesenthal-Barnim
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Ronald Kühn
Area
• Total	51.56 km2 (19.91 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,056
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16230
Dialling codes	03337
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	www.amt-biesenthal-barnim.de

History

From 1815 to 1947, Melchow 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)

Melchow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 903 —     1890 805 −0.76% 1910 792 −0.08% 1925 1,046 +1.87% 1933 1,118 +0.84% 1939 1,291 +2.43% 1946 1,254 −0.41% 1950 1,370 +2.24% 1964 1,317 −0.28% 1971 1,236 −0.90% 1981 1,094 −1.21% 1985 1,076 −0.41% 1989 953 −2.99% 1990 936 −1.78% 1991 919 −1.82%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 914 −0.54% 1993 894 −2.19% 1994 906 +1.34% 1995 922 +1.77% 1996 978 +6.07% 1997 1,011 +3.37% 1998 1,027 +1.58% 1999 1,044 +1.66% 2000 1,080 +3.45% 2001 1,063 −1.57% 2002 1,069 +0.56% 2003 1,069 +0.00% 2004 1,073 +0.37% 2005 1,057 −1.49% 2006 898 −15.04%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 901 +0.33% 2008 907 +0.67% 2009 896 −1.21% 2010 899 +0.33% 2011 925 +2.89% 2012 923 −0.22% 2013 937 +1.52% 2014 939 +0.21% 2015 932 −0.75% 2016 932 +0.00% 2017 950 +1.93% 2018 975 +2.63% 2019 982 +0.72% 2020 994 +1.22%