Bestensee

Bestensee is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany.

Bestensee
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Bestensee within Dahme-Spreewald district
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Coordinates: 52°15′N 13°39′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Roland Holm[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	37.79 km2 (14.59 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	8,942
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15741
Dialling codes	033763
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	www.bestensee.de

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

Bestensee: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 751 —     1890 987 +1.84% 1910 1,786 +3.01% 1925 2,285 +1.66% 1933 2,929 +3.15% 1939 3,583 +3.42% 1946 4,231 +2.40% 1950 4,089 −0.85% 1964 4,113 +0.04% 1971 4,145 +0.11% 1981 4,215 +0.17% 1985 4,494 +1.62% 1989 5,782 +6.50% 1990 5,755 −0.47% 1991 5,777 +0.38%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 6,216 +7.60% 1993 5,960 −4.12% 1994 5,978 +0.30% 1995 5,978 +0.00% 1996 5,939 −0.65% 1997 5,990 +0.86% 1998 6,139 +2.49% 1999 6,238 +1.61% 2000 6,319 +1.30% 2001 6,301 −0.28% 2002 6,313 +0.19% 2003 6,290 −0.36% 2004 6,534 +3.88% 2005 6,669 +2.07% 2006 6,601 −1.02%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 6,666 +0.98% 2008 6,651 −0.23% 2009 6,672 +0.32% 2010 6,732 +0.90% 2011 6,597 −2.01% 2012 6,740 +2.17% 2013 6,860 +1.78% 2014 7,125 +3.86% 2015 7,367 +3.40% 2016 7,503 +1.85% 2017 7,785 +3.76% 2018 7,850 +0.83% 2019 8,002 +1.94% 2020 8,344 +4.27%

See also

• Pätzer Vordersee