Groß Kreutz

Groß Kreutz is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Groß Kreutz
Municipality
Location of Groß Kreutz within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
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Coordinates: 52°24′N 12°47′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Subdivisions	8 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–27)	Reth Kalsow[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	98.95 km2 (38.20 sq mi)
Elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	8,775
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14550
Dialling codes	033207
Vehicle registration	PM
Website	www.gross-kreutz.de

Church in Bochow

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

Groß Kreutz (Havel): Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 4,371 —     1890 5,068 +0.99% 1910 5,091 +0.02% 1925 5,117 +0.03% 1939 6,858 +2.11% 1950 8,593 +2.07% 1964 7,321 −1.14%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 7,332 +0.02% 1981 6,987 −0.48% 1985 7,001 +0.05% 1990 6,993 −0.02% 1995 7,323 +0.93% 2000 8,364 +2.69% 2005 8,474 +0.26%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 8,197 −0.66% 2015 8,133 −0.16% 2016 8,275 +1.75% 2017 8,381 +1.28% 2018 8,558 +2.11% 2019 8,618 +0.70% 2020 8,738 +1.39%

The "Groß Kreutz" Group

The settlement gave its name to the Groß Kreutz Group^[4] of exiled Norwegians who were active in humanitarian work in the later stages of WWII, and were based at an estate in the area. Group initiatives included the White Buses Operation in the spring of 1945. Members of the group included Johan Bernhard Hjort, Didrik Arup Seip and Wanda Hjort Heger.^{[5][circular reference]}