Briesen (Mark)

Briesen (Mark) (Polish: Brzezin) is a village and a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated east of the capital Berlin, between the towns Fürstenwalde and Frankfurt an der Oder. Briesen was first mentioned in 1403.

Briesen (Mark)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Briesen (Mark) within Oder-Spree district
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Coordinates: 52°20′N 14°17′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Odervorland
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Jan Kliemt[1]
Area
• Total	110.83 km2 (42.79 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,956
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15518
Dialling codes	033607, 033635
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.briesen-mark.de

History

From 1815 to 1947, Briesen was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

Local government

Since 2014 the municipality Briesen consists of the villages Alt Madlitz, Biegen, Briesen, Falkenberg and Wilmersdorf. It is part of Amt Odervorland. Its governing council, dealing with local affairs, consists of 12 seats.

Demography

Development of population since 1875 within the current^{[as of?]} 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)

Briesen (mark): population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 2,753 —     1890 3,132 +0.86% 1910 3,025 −0.17% 1925 3,419 +0.82% 1933 3,425 +0.02% 1939 3,401 −0.12% 1946 3,931 +2.09% 1950 4,309 +2.32% 1964 3,647 −1.18% 1971 3,681 +0.13% 1981 3,234 −1.29% 1985 3,127 −0.84% 1989 3,039 −0.71% 1990 3,018 −0.69% 1991 3,004 −0.46% 1992 2,956 −1.60% 1993 2,939 −0.58% 1994 2,881 −1.97% 1995 2,892 +0.38% 1996 2,910 +0.62%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 2,943 +1.13% 1998 2,973 +1.02% 1999 3,026 +1.78% 2000 3,078 +1.72% 2001 3,061 −0.55% 2002 3,099 +1.24% 2003 3,109 +0.32% 2004 3,101 −0.26% 2005 3,091 −0.32% 2006 3,055 −1.16% 2007 3,038 −0.56% 2008 2,985 −1.74% 2009 2,934 −1.71% 2010 2,925 −0.31% 2011 2,863 −2.12% 2012 2,870 +0.24% 2013 2,825 −1.57% 2014 2,827 +0.07% 2015 2,806 −0.74% 2016 2,783 −0.82%

Notable people

• Werner E. Ablaß (born 1946), German politician