Friedrichswalde

For other uses, see Friedrichswalde (disambiguation).

Friedrichswalde is a municipality in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated in the Schorfheide nature reserve.

Friedrichswalde
Municipality
Mural of Frederick the Great, namesake of the municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Friedrichswalde within Barnim district
Friedrichswalde Show map of Germany Friedrichswalde Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 53°02′N 13°43′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Municipal assoc.	Joachimsthal (Schorfheide)
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Sven Ströbele[1]
Area
• Total	44.89 km2 (17.33 sq mi)
Elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	801
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16247
Dialling codes	033367
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	www.amt-joachimsthal.de

History

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

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)

Friedrichswalde: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,389 —     1890 1,332 −0.28% 1910 1,428 +0.35% 1925 1,481 +0.24% 1933 1,396 −0.74% 1939 1,338 −0.70% 1946 1,733 +3.76% 1950 1,839 +1.50% 1964 1,374 −2.06% 1971 1,278 −1.03% 1981 1,086 −1.61% 1985 1,033 −1.24% 1989 1,006 −0.66% 1990 970 −3.58% 1991 965 −0.52%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 996 +3.21% 1993 901 −9.54% 1994 920 +2.11% 1995 912 −0.87% 1996 908 −0.44% 1997 890 −1.98% 1998 903 +1.46% 1999 954 +5.65% 2000 944 −1.05% 2001 950 +0.64% 2002 944 −0.63% 2003 941 −0.32% 2004 963 +2.34% 2005 965 +0.21% 2006 940 −2.59%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 902 −4.04% 2008 894 −0.89% 2009 895 +0.11% 2010 888 −0.78% 2011 839 −5.52% 2012 844 +0.60% 2013 824 −2.37% 2014 809 −1.82% 2015 807 −0.25% 2016 801 −0.74% 2017 803 +0.25% 2018 795 −1.00% 2019 803 +1.01% 2020 809 +0.75%

Personality

Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von Redern around 1845

• Friedrich Wilhelm von Redern (1802-1883), Prussian general manager and politician, owner of Gut Glambeck
• Paul Thränert (1875-1960), trade unionist, born in Friedrichswalde
• Bruno Endrejat (1908-1945), resistance fighter against Nazism, born in Friedrichswalde