Barnim

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Barnim
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
Capital	Eberswalde
Government
• District admin.	Daniel Kurth (SPD)
Area
• Total	1,494 km2 (577 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	191,849
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BAR, BER, EW
Website	www.barnim.de

Barnim (German pronunciation: [ˈbaʁnɪm] ^ⓘ) is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) Poland, the district of Märkisch-Oderland, the city state of Berlin and the districts of Oberhavel and Uckermark.

History

The name "Barnim" emerged in the 13th century and was applied to a large forest region east of the Havel and north of the Spree on the homonymous plateau, where noblemen used to hunt. The present district is roughly identical with, but somewhat smaller than this historical region.

The district was established in 1993 by merging the former districts of Bernau and Eberswalde.

Geography

Barnim extends from the

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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)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the district resembles the coat of arms of the former district Oberbarnim. The only difference is that the old one had a silver top half and a red bottom half, while the current one is split into four parts and in the right half exchanged red and silver. The eagle in the top half is the eagle of Brandenburg.

Towns and municipalities

References

External links

Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article about Barnim.

Media related to Barnim at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in German)

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