Weisen

Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany

Weisen is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It consists of the main village Weisen, the small settlement Waldhaus and the village Schilde.

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Weisen
Municipality
Location of Weisen within Prignitz district
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Coordinates: 53°02′N 11°47′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Municipal assoc.	Bad Wilsnack/Weisen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	David Leu^[1]
Area
• Total	15.60 km² (6.02 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)^[2]
• Total	980
• Density	63/km² (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19322
Dialling codes	03877
Vehicle registration	PR

Geography

Weisen is located between the towns of Wittenberge in the southwest and Perleberg in the northeast, from which Weisen is separated by a forest. The south border of Weisen is marked by the Stepenitz river with the municipality of Breese on the other side. The west border corresponds roughly to the Berlin–Hamburg Railway. The village of Schilde constitutes the northern part of the municipality of Weisen. North of Schilde is Dergenthin, which belongs to Perleberg.

The German federal highway 189 crosses between the villages Weisen and Schilde. The village of Weisen has a train stop on the Wittenberge–Wittstock–Berlin railway.

Weisen is situated in the Elbe Urstromtal. Parts of the municipality belong to the UNESCO biosphere reserve Elbe river landscape.

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)

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Weisen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	653	—
1890	629	−0.25%
1910	705	+0.57%
1925	932	+1.88%
1933	1,084	+1.91%
1939	1,559	+6.24%
1946	1,898	+2.85%
1950	1,853	−0.60%
1964	1,579	−1.14%
1971	1,387	−1.84%
1981	1,182	−1.59%
1985	1,144	−0.81%
1989	1,142	−0.04%
1990	1,131	−0.96%
1991	1,099	−2.83%
1992	1,118	+1.73%
1993	1,127	+0.81%
1994	1,132	+0.44%
1995	1,177	+3.98%
1996	1,160	−1.44%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1997	1,184	+2.07%
1998	1,161	−1.94%
1999	1,159	−0.17%
2000	1,182	+1.98%
2001	1,156	−2.20%
2002	1,163	+0.61%
2003	1,133	−2.58%
2004	1,117	−1.41%
2005	1,126	+0.81%
2006	1,108	−1.60%
2007	1,084	−2.17%
2008	1,057	−2.49%
2009	1,047	−0.95%
2010	1,038	−0.86%
2011	1,016	−2.12%
2012	1,005	−1.08%
2013	1,004	−0.10%
2014	988	−1.59%
2015	979	−0.91%
2016	968	−1.12%

References

[1]
Landkreis Prignitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
[2]
"Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
[3]
Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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