Kremmen

Town in Brandenburg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Kremmen within Oberhavel district

(2016–24) Sebastian Busse^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total208.43 km² (80.48 sq mi)Elevation

39 m (128 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,781 • Density37/km² (97/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

16766

Dialling codes033055Vehicle registrationOHVWebsitewww.kremmen.de

Kremmen is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located 15 km (10 miles) west of Oranienburg and 38 km (24 miles) northwest of Berlin. It is known mostly for its castle Ziethen. The local church contains an organ built in 1817 by Tobias Thurley.

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 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 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Kremmen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	6,917	—
1890	6,675	−0.24%
1910	6,455	−0.17%
1925	7,244	+0.77%
1933	7,382	+0.24%
1939	7,722	+0.75%
1946	9,840	+3.52%
1950	9,819	−0.05%
1964	8,059	−1.40%
1971	7,617	−0.80%
1981	6,771	−1.17%
1985	6,630	−0.52%
1989	6,369	−1.00%
1990	6,259	−1.73%
1991	6,233	−0.42%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	6,187	−0.74%
1993	6,188	+0.02%
1994	6,438	+4.04%
1995	6,568	+2.02%
1996	6,613	+0.69%
1997	6,683	+1.06%
1998	6,862	+2.68%
1999	7,138	+4.02%
2000	7,234	+1.34%
2001	7,231	−0.04%
2002	7,306	+1.04%
2003	7,437	+1.79%
2004	7,409	−0.38%
2005	7,373	−0.49%
2006	7,342	−0.42%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	7,303	−0.53%
2008	7,244	−0.81%
2009	7,124	−1.66%
2010	7,102	−0.31%
2011	7,121	+0.27%
2012	7,115	−0.08%
2013	7,110	−0.07%
2014	7,108	−0.03%
2015	7,238	+1.83%
2016	7,310	+0.99%
2017	7,498	+2.57%
2018	7,657	+2.12%
2019	7,734	+1.01%
2020	7,700	−0.44%

Mayors

Klaus-Jürgen Sasse (SPD) was elected in October 2008 with 53,1 % of the votes.

Sebastian Busse (CDU) was elected in November 2016 with 56,9 % of the votes.^[4] He started in office in March 2017.

Photogallery

Clinic buildings „Waldhaus Charlottenburg“ in Kremmen-Sommerfeld

Personalities

Richard Dehmel (1863-1920), poet and writer, spent his childhood in Kremmen

References

^ Landkreis Oberhavel Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
^ Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterstichwahl am 27. November 2016