Angermünde

Angermünde
Angermünde
Town
	Market Square and Townhall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Angermünde within Uckermark district
	Angermünde Angermünde
	Coordinates: 53°02′N 14°00′E / 53.033°N 14.000°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Subdivisions	24 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2016–24)	Frederik Bewer
Area
• Total	324.21 km2 (125.18 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	14,306
• Density	44.126/km2 (114.29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16278
Dialling codes	03331
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	www.angermuende.de

Angermünde (German pronunciation: [aŋɐˈmʏndə] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany. It is about 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Berlin, the capital of Germany.

The population is about 14,000, but has been declining since its traditional industrial base, enamel-working, has declined. An administrative sub-centre of its district, it has several Protestant churches, a former Franciscan church, a number of schools of higher learning and a recently refurbished historic marketplace with an old town hall. Located in the game-filled forests of the Uckermark, with its many lakes, it now relies heavily on tourism and the sources of revenue linked to it.

Since 2010, Angermünde is a federally declared resort town.^[3]

Name

The name Angermünde is an abbreviation of the older town of Tangermünde, for a while the town was named New-Tangermünde (Neu-Tangermünde), until it was changed to "Angermünde", with Anger being German for a central square in a town.

Geography

Angermünde is located in the Uckermarck region, roughly 69 km north of Berlin. It is made up of the Inner City (German: Kernstadt), and 23 adjacent districts.^{[citation needed]} The districts are: Altkünkendorf, Biesenbrow, Bölkendorf, Bruchhagen, Crussow, Dobberzin, Frauenhagen, Gellmersdorf, Görlsdorf, Greiffenberg, Günterberg, Herzsprung, Kerkow, Mürow, Neukünkendorf, Schmargendorf, Schmiedeberg, Steinhöfel, Stolpe, Welsow, Wilmersdorf, Wolletz, and Zuchenberg.^{[citation needed]} In addition, there are 40 registered neighborhoods (German: Wohnplätze) within the districts.^{[citation needed]} The registered neighborhood are: Altenhof, Augustenfelde, Ausbau, Ausbau Mürower Straße, Ausbau Pinnower Weg, Ausbau Welsower Weg, Bauernsee, Blumberger Mühle, Breitenteicher Mühle, Friedrichsfelde, Gehegemühle, Glambecker Mühle, Greiffenberg Siedlung, Grumsin, Henriettenhof, Klein Frauenhagen, Leistenhof, Leopoldsthal, Linde, Lindenhof, Louisenhof, Luisenthal, Mürow-Oberdorf, Neu-Günterberg, Neuhaus, Neuhof, Peetzig, Rosinthal, Schäferei, Sonnenhof, Sternfelde, Stolper Mühle, Thekenberg, Waldfried, Waldfrieden, Wilhelmsfelde, Wilhelmshof, Ziethenmühle, und Zollende.^{[citation needed]} With an area of around 324 km², Angermünde was, as of 2020, Germany's 17th largest municipality.^[4]

History

The town was the site of a 1420 victory of Frederick I of Brandenburg over the Pomeranians.^[5] Since 1687, French Huguenots settled in the town, and the Holy Spirit Chapel served as the French church.^[6]

From 1815 to 1947, Angermünde was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. In the 19th century, the town was the seat of a Prussian circle in the Province of Brandenburg and linked to Berlin by the Berlin–Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) railway.^[7] Angermünde station then served as the junction for branch lines servicing Prenzlau, Bad Freienwalde, and Schwedt.^[5] During World War II, the Germans operated five forced labour subcamps of the Stalag III-C prisoner-of-war camp in the town.^[8]

From 1947 to 1952, Angermünde was part of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

Climate

Climate data for Angermünde (1991–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	2.8 (37.0)	4.3 (39.7)	8.3 (46.9)	14.6 (58.3)	19.1 (66.4)	22.2 (72.0)	24.5 (76.1)	24.2 (75.6)	19.4 (66.9)	13.4 (56.1)	7.1 (44.8)	3.7 (38.7)	13.6 (56.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.4 (32.7)	1.3 (34.3)	4.1 (39.4)	9.1 (48.4)	13.5 (56.3)	16.8 (62.2)	18.9 (66.0)	18.5 (65.3)	14.3 (57.7)	9.3 (48.7)	4.6 (40.3)	1.6 (34.9)	9.4 (48.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−2.1 (28.2)	−1.7 (28.9)	0.3 (32.5)	3.7 (38.7)	7.7 (45.9)	11.3 (52.3)	13.5 (56.3)	13.2 (55.8)	9.6 (49.3)	5.6 (42.1)	2.0 (35.6)	−0.7 (30.7)	5.2 (41.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	38.0 (1.50)	28.9 (1.14)	36.9 (1.45)	27.2 (1.07)	52.1 (2.05)	54.2 (2.13)	71.0 (2.80)	57.8 (2.28)	45.5 (1.79)	38.0 (1.50)	35.4 (1.39)	37.1 (1.46)	521.9 (20.55)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	15.5	13.4	13.8	10.7	12.7	12.9	13.8	13.2	11.4	13.8	14.3	16.3	161.6
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm)	8.8	8.5	3.3	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1.4	5.8	30.2
Average relative humidity (%)	87.0	83.0	78.3	70.7	71.0	71.1	71.2	72.8	78.7	84.6	89.8	89.1	79.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours	50.7	74.0	130.2	196.6	233.6	228.8	237.1	221.3	165.1	111.8	49.6	39.3	1,738.1
Source: NOAA^[9]

Demography

Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
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)

Angermünde: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[10]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	16,460	—
1890	15,733	−0.30%
1910	16,545	+0.25%
1925	18,373	+0.70%
1939	18,139	−0.09%
1950	24,884	+2.92%
1964	22,204	−0.81%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1971	21,037	−0.77%
1981	18,651	−1.20%
1985	18,110	−0.73%
1990	17,372	−0.83%
1995	16,488	−1.04%
2000	16,481	−0.01%
2005	15,276	−1.51%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2010	14,360	−1.23%
2015	13,805	−0.79%
2016	13,797	−0.06%
2017	13,837	+0.29%
2018	13,744	−0.67%
2019	13,757	+0.09%
2020	13,637	−0.87%

Mayors

1989–1998: Wolf-Hugo Just
1998–2016: Wolfgang Krakow (SPD)
since 2016: Frederik Bewer (independent)

Frederik Bewer was elected in May 2016 with 95.3% of the vote, for an eight-year term.^[11]

Gallery

City wall
Touristinformation
The lake Mündesee in Angermünde.
Holy Spirit Chapel
Timbered house
City Church St. Mary
Church in Schmiedeberg
Alcove house in Schmiedeberg
Alcove house in Schmiedeberg

Fountain and sculptures by Christian Uhlig

Sons and daughters of the town

Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (1780–1856), German scholar
Albert Manthe (1847–1928), sculptor
Hermann Dietrich (1856–1930), born in Schmargendorf, politician (DNVP), member of Reichstag
Ehm Welk (1884–1966), writer
Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), Vice Admiral in World War II
Günter Reimann (1904–2005), economist and journalist
Heinrich Borgmann (1912–1945), adjutant of Adolf Hitler
Hartmut Losch (1943–1997), athlete, European champion in discus throw
Maik Heydeck (born 1965), boxer
Julia Jäger (born 1970), actress

Twin cities

Notes

^ Landkreis Uckermark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 4 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2023] (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2022)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German).
^ "Stadt Angermünde ist jetzt staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort". Niederlausitz Aktuell (in German). 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
^ Statistica Mitarbeiter (July 2020). "Gemeinden mit der größten Fläche in Deutschland". DE.Statista.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
^ ^a ^b EB (1911).
^ Muret, Eduard (1885). Geschichte der Französischen Kolonie in Brandenburg-Preußen, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Berliner Gemeinde. Aus Veranlassung der Zweihundertjährigen Jubelfeier am 29. Oktober 1885 (in German). Berlin. pp. 185–186.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ EB (1878).
^ "Work Camps". Retrieved 14 June 2025.
^ "Angermünde Climate Normals 1991–2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons ^{[dead link]}
^ "Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterstichwahl am 8. Mai 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2016-12-27.

References

Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Angermünde" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 29
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Angermünde" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 8