Neuenhagen bei Berlin

Neuenhagen bei Berlin is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 19 km east of central Berlin, and was founded around 1230.

Neuenhagen bei Berlin
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Neuenhagen bei Berlin within Märkisch-Oderland district
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Coordinates: 52°32′N 13°41′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Ansgar Scharnke[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	19.58 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	19,163
• Density	980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15366
Dialling codes	03342
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.neuenhagen-bei-berlin.de

History

Neuenhagen bei Berlin was founded around 1230.

Geography

Neuenhagen bei Berlin is located east of Berlin, in eastern Germany.

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)
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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)

Neuenhagen bei Berlin: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 874 —     1890 1,129 +1.72% 1910 2,792 +4.63% 1925 5,732 +4.91% 1939 11,997 +5.42% 1950 12,300 +0.23% 1964 13,008 +0.40%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 13,010 +0.00% 1981 12,238 −0.61% 1985 11,950 −0.59% 1990 11,265 −1.17% 1995 11,802 +0.94% 2000 14,917 +4.80% 2005 16,325 +1.82%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 16,911 +0.71% 2015 17,593 +0.79% 2016 17,883 +1.65% 2017 17,986 +0.58% 2018 18,301 +1.75% 2019 18,657 +1.95% 2020 18,832 +0.94%

Mayor

The mayor Jürgen Henze was elected in 2002 with 59.4% of the vote, then reelected in 2010 with 75.2% of the vote. In 2019, he was replaced by Ansgar Scharnke.

Transport

The village is well connected to Berlin by the S-Bahn line S5 at the station of Neuenhagen.

Partnerships

Twin towns

• Świebodzin, Poland
• Grünwald, Germany
• Friesoythe, Germany

Notable figures from the town

• Hanna Solf (1887-1954), member of the German resistance to Nazism
• Wolfgang Rademann (1934-2016), journalist and TV producer

People associated with the town

• Hans Fallada (1893-1947), author, lived from August 1930 to November 1932 in a house in the settlement of Grüner Winkel in Neuenhagen. Between October 1931 and February 1932 he worked on his novel Little Man, What Now? (novel) there. On the occasion of its 70th anniversary in 1963, Grüner Winkel was renamed Falladaring. A panel at his dwelling house in Falladaring 10 pays tribute to the writer. In his honor, the Hans-Fallada-Grundschule in Neuenhagen was named after him.