Zichow

Zichow is a municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Gramzow.

Zichow
Municipality
Zichow Castle with medieval keep
Location of Zichow within Uckermark district
Zichow Zichow
Coordinates: 53°11′00″N 14°02′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Municipal assoc.	Amt Gramzow
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Mathias Bürger
Area
• Total	32.15 km2 (12.41 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	525
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16306
Dialling codes	039861
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	www.amtgramzow.de

Geography

Zichow is located within the historic Uckermark region. The municipal area comprises Zichow proper and the civil parishes (Ortsteile) of Fredersdorf and Golm, incorporated in 2001.

History

The former Slavic settlement of Zichow in the Margraviate of Brandenburg was first mentioned in a 1288 deed, issued by the Premonstratensian monks of nearby Gramzow Abbey. A fortress was erected at the site during the 13th century German Ostsiedlung migration. In 1354 Elector Louis II of Brandenburg ceded Zichow and Golm to the bordering Duchy of Pomerania.

Re-acquired by Elector Frederick II in 1447, the estates were enfeoffed to several Brandenburgian noble dynasties. All three parishes suffered from extended devastations during the Thirty Years' War. Zichow Castle was rebuilt in a Baroque style after a blaze in 1745.

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)

Zichow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,038 —     1890 917 −0.82% 1910 1,057 +0.71% 1925 1,152 +0.58% 1933 1,010 −1.63% 1939 980 −0.50% 1946 1,400 +5.23% 1950 1,476 +1.33% 1964 1,126 −1.91% 1971 1,078 −0.62% 1981 881 −2.00% 1985 796 −2.50% 1989 713 −2.72% 1990 702 −1.54%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 704 +0.28% 1992 668 −5.11% 1993 651 −2.54% 1994 648 −0.46% 1995 647 −0.15% 1996 641 −0.93% 1997 655 +2.18% 1998 656 +0.15% 1999 676 +3.05% 2000 662 −2.07% 2001 664 +0.30% 2002 657 −1.05% 2003 644 −1.98% 2004 645 +0.16%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 641 −0.62% 2006 644 +0.47% 2007 625 −2.95% 2008 645 +3.20% 2009 611 −5.27% 2010 617 +0.98% 2011 628 +1.78% 2012 632 +0.64% 2013 610 −3.48% 2014 609 −0.16% 2015 583 −4.27% 2016 566 −2.92% 2017 565 −0.18%

Notable people

• Carl Strehlow (1871–1922), missionary and ethnologist