Panketal

Panketal (German pronunciation: [ˈpaŋkətaːl], lit. 'Panke Valley') is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 15 km northeast of Berlin (centre).

Panketal
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Panketal within Barnim district
Panketal Show map of Germany Panketal Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°37′59″N 13°33′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Maximilian Wonke[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	25.85 km2 (9.98 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	20,916
• Density	809.1/km2 (2,096/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16341
Dialling codes	030
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	www.panketal.de

History

Panketal emerged in 2003 by merging the municipalities Zepernick and Schwanebeck. Since 1996, the population increased by 52.8%.^[3]

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Panketal were 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

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  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 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Panketal: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)^[4]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 737 —     1890 834 +0.83% 1910 1,911 +4.23% 1925 4,165 +5.33% 1933 8,760 +9.74% 1939 11,538 +4.70% 1946 12,545 +1.20% 1950 12,423 −0.24% 1964 11,905 −0.30% 1971 11,832 −0.09% 1981 11,286 −0.47% 1985 10,972 −0.70% 1989 10,450 −1.21% 1990 10,271 −1.71% 1991 10,283 +0.12%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 10,258 −0.24% 1993 10,427 +1.65% 1994 10,713 +2.74% 1995 11,066 +3.30% 1996 11,532 +4.21% 1997 12,683 +9.98% 1998 13,999 +10.38% 1999 15,303 +9.31% 2000 16,064 +4.97% 2001 16,822 +4.72% 2002 17,219 +2.36% 2003 17,625 +2.36% 2004 18,305 +3.86% 2005 18,623 +1.74% 2006 19,022 +2.14%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 19,172 +0.79% 2008 19,167 −0.03% 2009 19,179 +0.06% 2010 19,132 −0.25% 2011 19,032 −0.52% 2012 19,249 +1.14% 2013 19,426 +0.92% 2014 19,721 +1.52% 2015 20,131 +2.08% 2016 20,353 +1.10% 2017 20,390 +0.18% 2018 20,519 +0.63% 2019 20,596 +0.38% 2020 20,661 +0.32%

Recreation

In 2006 a ropes course was set up in the district Hobrechtsfelde. The ropes course had some 20 different training units. It was subsidized by Panketal with a total sum of 150,000 €.^[5] It closed early in 2014.

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  Ropes course in the climbing garden at Hobrechtsfelde
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  Church in Schwanebeck
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  Church in Zepernick
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  Former granary in Hobrechtsfelde
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  View point in Hobrechtsfelde