Heidesee

Heidesee is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg, which is located in the eastern part of Germany.

Heidesee
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Heidesee within Dahme-Spreewald district
Heidesee Show map of Germany Heidesee Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°16′59″N 13°48′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Subdivisions	11 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–27)	Björn Langner[1]
Area
• Total	134.78 km2 (52.04 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	7,416
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15752, 15754
Dialling codes	033763, 033767 ,033768
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	www.heidesee-online.de

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)
• 
  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)

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 3,760 —     1890 4,176 +0.70% 1910 4,530 +0.41% 1925 4,745 +0.31% 1933 5,053 +0.79% 1939 5,532 +1.52% 1946 7,152 +3.74% 1950 7,235 +0.29% 1964 6,503 −0.76% 1971 6,403 −0.22% 1981 5,959 −0.72% 1985 5,828 −0.55% 1989 5,683 −0.63% 1990 5,655 −0.49% 1991 5,593 −1.10%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 5,550 −0.77% 1993 5,540 −0.18% 1994 5,717 +3.19% 1995 5,750 +0.58% 1996 5,906 +2.71% 1997 6,130 +3.79% 1998 6,554 +6.92% 1999 6,598 +0.67% 2000 6,777 +2.71% 2001 6,886 +1.61% 2002 6,947 +0.89% 2003 7,069 +1.76% 2004 7,021 −0.68% 2005 7,035 +0.20% 2006 7,078 +0.61%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 7,082 +0.06% 2008 7,041 −0.58% 2009 7,058 +0.24% 2010 7,039 −0.27% 2011 6,946 −1.32% 2012 6,903 −0.62% 2013 6,864 −0.56% 2014 6,828 −0.52% 2015 6,889 +0.89% 2016 7,071 +2.64% 2017 7,140 +0.98% 2018 7,140 +0.00% 2019 7,091 −0.69% 2020 7,163 +1.02%

Organization

Neighbourhoods

Heidesee consists of 11 villages, which were united to one town in 2003. These villages are:

• Bindow
• Blossin
• Dannenreich
• Dolgenbrodt
• Friedersdorf
• Gräbendorf
• Gussow
• Kolberg
• Prieros
• Streganz
• Wolzig

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the village Gräbendorf is used for entire town, since the unification in 2003. It shows an egret beside a leaf of an oak.

Culture and sights

Sights

• Heimathaus Prieros (small museum)
• church Prieros
• church Gräbendorf
• landing stage / harbour Heidesee
• Haus des Waldes (house of forest) Gräbendorf

Nature

• Wolziger See
• natural park Dahme-Heideseen
• landscape conservation area Dubrow

References

1. Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 30 June 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons