Letschin

Letschin is a municipality in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Letschin
Municipality
Wooden church of Sietzing
Coat of arms
Location of Letschin within Märkisch-Oderland district
Letschin Show map of Germany Letschin Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°37′59″N 14°22′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Subdivisions	10 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2021–29)	Michael Böttcher[1]
Area
• Total	141.28 km2 (54.55 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,926
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15324
Dialling codes	033475
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.letschin.de

The municipality has ten subdivisions:

Gieshof-Zelliner Loose Gross Neuendorf Kiehnwerder Kienitz Letschin Neubarnim

Ortwig Sietzing Sophienthal Steintoch

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

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 13,357 —     1890 11,550 −0.96% 1910 10,551 −0.45% 1925 10,413 −0.09% 1939 9,470 −0.68% 1950 10,311 +0.78% 1964 8,299 −1.54%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 7,883 −0.73% 1981 6,480 −1.94% 1985 6,275 −0.80% 1990 6,133 −0.46% 1995 5,588 −1.84% 2000 5,332 −0.93% 2005 4,785 −2.14%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 4,329 −1.98% 2015 4,035 −1.40% 2016 4,003 −0.79% 2017 3,967 −0.90% 2018 3,987 +0.50% 2019 3,975 −0.30% 2020 3,978 +0.08%

People

• Katja Havemann (born 1947), civil right activists and author