Velten

Velten
Coat of arms
Velten
Location of Velten within Oberhavel district
Coordinates: 52°41′N 13°11′E / 52.683°N 13.183°ECoordinates: 52°41′N 13°11′E / 52.683°N 13.183°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Government
• Mayor	Ines Hübner (SPD)
Area
• Total	23.39 km^2 (9.03 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,766
• Density	500/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16727
Dialling codes	03304
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.Velten.de

Velten is a town in the Oberhavel district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 10 km southwest of Oranienburg, and 24 km northwest of Berlin.

History

In 1905 Velten had 38 stove factories that delivered 100,000 tiled stoves to Berlin, making Velten Germany's biggest stove-manufacturer.

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)
• 
  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Velten:
Population development within the current boundaries^[2]

Year Population 1875 2 712 1890 6 017 1910 7 483 1925 7 646 1933 7 974 1939 9 753 1946 10 301 1950 10 546 1964 9 826 1971 8 959

Year Population 1981 7 967 1985 7 727 1989 10 848 1990 10 496 1991 10 455 1992 10 385 1993 10 423 1994 10 624 1995 11 136 1996 11 820

Year Population 1997 12 161 1998 12 013 1999 11 971 2000 12 118 2001 12 044 2002 11 930 2003 11 713 2004 11 475 2005 11 446 2006 11 491

Year Population 2007 11 502 2008 11 640 2009 11 789 2010 11 858 2011 11 527 2012 11 569 2013 11 569

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.^[3]

Personality

• Erna Gersinski (1896-1964), resistance fighter against Nazism, lived in Velten.
• Martin Männel (born 1988), soccer goalkeeper, played between his eighth and fourteenth year at SC Oberhavel Velten.
• Emma Ihrer (1857–1911), trade unionist, lived from 1887 to 1894 in Velten

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
2. Boundaries as of 2013
3. Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

• Official site (German)