Ragow-Merz

Ragow-Merz is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Ragow-Merz
Municipality
Listed Fieldstone church in Merz
Location of Ragow-Merz within Oder-Spree district
Ragow-Merz Show map of Germany Ragow-Merz Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 14°18′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Schlaubetal
Subdivisions	2 districts
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Michael Schrobbach[1]
Area
• Total	43.54 km2 (16.81 sq mi)
Elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	517
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15848
Dialling codes	03366
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.amt-schlaubetal.de

History

The municipality of Ragow-Merz was formed on 1 June 2002 by merging the municipalities of Ragow and Merz.

From 1815 to 1947, Ragow and Merz were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

After World War II, the constituent localities of Ragow-Merz were incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990 Ragow and Merz are again part of Brandenburg, since 2002 united as the municipality of Ragow-Merz.

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)

Ragow-Merz: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 667 —     1890 484 −2.12% 1910 459 −0.26% 1925 582 +1.60% 1933 510 −1.64% 1939 503 −0.23% 1946 660 +3.96% 1950 759 +3.56% 1964 605 −1.61% 1971 553 −1.28% 1981 478 −1.45% 1985 455 −1.23% 1989 461 +0.33% 1990 463 +0.43% 1991 464 +0.22%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 453 −2.37% 1993 443 −2.21% 1994 463 +4.51% 1995 475 +2.59% 1996 500 +5.26% 1997 497 −0.60% 1998 526 +5.84% 1999 545 +3.61% 2000 560 +2.75% 2001 564 +0.71% 2002 573 +1.60% 2003 560 −2.27% 2004 539 −3.75% 2005 534 −0.93% 2006 510 −4.49%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 502 −1.57% 2008 506 +0.80% 2009 494 −2.37% 2010 478 −3.24% 2011 515 +7.74% 2012 516 +0.19% 2013 510 −1.16% 2014 504 −1.18% 2015 516 +2.38% 2016 507 −1.74% 2017 514 +1.38% 2018 514 +0.00% 2019 521 +1.36% 2020 527 +1.15%