Wusterwitz

Wusterwitz is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Wusterwitz has a population of approximately 3,000 inhabitants.

Wusterwitz
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wusterwitz within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
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Coordinates: 52°22′59″N 12°24′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Municipal assoc.	Wusterwitz
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Ramona Mayer[1]
Area
• Total	23.43 km2 (9.05 sq mi)
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,904
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14789
Dialling codes	033839
Vehicle registration	PM

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)

Wusterwitz: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,000 —     1890 1,300 +1.76% 1910 1,800 +1.64% 1925 2,674 +2.67% 1933 3,101 +1.87% 1939 3,725 +3.10% 1946 4,706 +3.40% 1950 4,613 −0.50% 1964 3,694 −1.57% 1971 3,435 −1.03% 1981 3,123 −0.95% 1985 2,991 −1.07% 1989 2,853 −1.17% 1990 2,790 −2.21% 1991 2,749 −1.47% 1992 2,741 −0.29% 1993 2,789 +1.75% 1994 2,774 −0.54% 1995 2,809 +1.26% 1996 2,836 +0.96%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 2,847 +0.39% 1998 2,936 +3.13% 1999 2,992 +1.91% 2000 3,095 +3.44% 2001 3,083 −0.39% 2002 3,133 +1.62% 2003 3,159 +0.83% 2004 3,162 +0.09% 2005 3,155 −0.22% 2006 3,172 +0.54% 2007 3,140 −1.01% 2008 3,117 −0.73% 2009 3,130 +0.42% 2010 3,151 +0.67% 2011 3,082 −2.19% 2012 3,070 −0.39% 2013 3,063 −0.23% 2014 3,066 +0.10% 2015 3,029 −1.21% 2016 3,042 +0.43%

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  Church
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  Wusterwitz station

Personalities

• Engelbert Wusterwitz (1385-1433), chronicler of the Brandenburg story, his family came from Großwusterwitz
• Werner Nothe (born 1938), politician (SED), 1989 to 1990 Lord Mayor of Magdeburg, born in Großwusterwitz