Letschin

Letschin
Municipality
Wooden church of Sietzing
Coat of arms
Location of Letschin within Märkisch-Oderland district
Location of Letschin
Letschin Show map of Germany Letschin Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°37′59″N 14°22′00″E / 52.63306°N 14.36667°E / 52.63306; 14.36667
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Subdivisions	10 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2021–29)	Michael Böttcher[1]
Area
• Total	141.28 km^2 (54.55 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,879
• Density	27.46/km^2 (71.11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15324
Dialling codes	033475
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.letschin.de

Letschin is a municipality in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.

The municipality has ten subdivisions:

Gieshof-Zelliner Loose Gross Neuendorf Kiehnwerder Kienitz Letschin Neubarnim

Ortwig Sietzing Sophienthal Steintoch

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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Letschin: Population development within the current boundaries (2020)[3]
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 13,357 —     1890 11,550 −0.96% 1910 10,551 −0.45% 1925 10,413 −0.09% 1939 9,470 −0.68% 1950 10,311 +0.78% 1964 8,299 −1.54%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 7,883 −0.73% 1981 6,480 −1.94% 1985 6,275 −0.80% 1990 6,133 −0.46% 1995 5,588 −1.84% 2000 5,332 −0.93% 2005 4,785 −2.14%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 4,329 −1.98% 2015 4,035 −1.40% 2016 4,003 −0.79% 2017 3,967 −0.90% 2018 3,987 +0.50% 2019 3,975 −0.30% 2020 3,978 +0.08%

People

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• Katja Havemann (born 1947), civil right activists and author

References

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1. Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 1 July 2021.
2. "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

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Media related to Letschin at Wikimedia Commons