Oberkrämer

Oberkrämer is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. An experimental farm of wind turbines existed between 1941 and 1945 on the 50 m high Matthias mountain in the area.

Oberkrämer
Municipality
Church in Vehlefanz
Coat of arms
Location of Oberkrämer within Oberhavel district
Oberkrämer Show map of Germany Oberkrämer Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°42′N 13°06′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Subdivisions	7 districts
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Wolfgang Geppert[1]
Area
• Total	103.67 km2 (40.03 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	12,062
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16727
Dialling codes	03304
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.oberkraemer.de

Sommerswalde

Subdivisions

Oberkrämer consists of formerly separate municipalities, which as of 31 December 2001 merged with the new municipality of Oberkrämer.

On 27 September 1998, the municipalities of Eichstädt, Neu-Vehlefanz and Vehlefanz merged into the new municipality of Oberkrämer. On 31 December 2001, the municipalities of Bärenklau, Bötzow, Marwitz and Schwante were merged into the municipality of Oberkrämer.

Demography

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

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 3,598 —     1890 4,666 +1.75% 1910 5,453 +0.78% 1925 6,539 +1.22% 1933 7,452 +1.65% 1939 8,627 +2.47% 1946 9,557 +1.47% 1950 10,021 +1.19% 1964 7,797 −1.78% 1971 7,346 −0.85% 1981 6,537 −1.16% 1985 6,278 −1.01% 1989 5,874 −1.65% 1990 5,707 −2.84% 1991 5,578 −2.26%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 5,583 +0.09% 1993 5,984 +7.18% 1994 6,350 +6.12% 1995 6,759 +6.44% 1996 7,205 +6.60% 1997 7,931 +10.08% 1998 8,584 +8.23% 1999 9,074 +5.71% 2000 9,457 +4.22% 2001 9,813 +3.76% 2002 10,072 +2.64% 2003 10,298 +2.24% 2004 10,554 +2.49% 2005 10,727 +1.64% 2006 10,812 +0.79%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 10,787 −0.23% 2008 10,754 −0.31% 2009 10,706 −0.45% 2010 10,661 −0.42% 2011 10,399 −2.46% 2012 10,404 +0.05% 2013 10,522 +1.13% 2014 10,603 +0.77% 2015 10,876 +2.57% 2016 11,009 +1.22% 2017 11,210 +1.83% 2018 11,390 +1.61% 2019 11,727 +2.96% 2020 11,833 +0.90%

Photogallery

• Schwante
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  Manor
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  Park
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  Former water tower