Velten
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Velten
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Location of Velten | |
Velten Velten | |
| Coordinates: 52°41′N 13°11′E / 52.683°N 13.183°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Oberhavel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2017–25) | Ines Hübner[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.36 km2 (9.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 12,727 |
| • Density | 544.8/km2 (1,411/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 16727 |
| Dialling codes | 03304 |
| Vehicle registration | OHV |
| Website | www.Velten.de |
Velten (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛltn̩] ⓘ) 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
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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 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
Velten: Population development within the current boundaries (2013)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ Landkreis Oberhavel Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2024 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2023)" (XLS). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German).
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
External links
- Official site Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in German)