Joachimsthal, Brandenburg

Coordinates: 52°58′N 13°45′E / 52.967°N 13.750°E / 52.967; 13.750
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Joachimsthal
Town
Coat of arms of Joachimsthal
Coat of arms
Location of Joachimsthal within Barnim district
AhrensfeldeAlthüttendorfBernau bei BerlinBiesenthalBreydinBritzChorinEberswaldeFriedrichswaldeHohenfinowJoachimsthalLiepeLunow-StolzenhagenMarienwerderMelchowNiederfinowOderbergPanketalParsteinseeRüdnitzSchorfheideSydower FließWandlitzWerneuchenZiethenBrandenburg
Joachimsthal (Schorfheide)
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) René Knaak-Reichstein[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total120.18 km2 (46.40 sq mi)
Elevation
72 m (236 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total3,446
 • Density29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
16247
Dialling codes033361
Vehicle registrationBAR
Websitewww.joachimsthal.de

Joachimsthal

Amt ("collective municipality") Amt Joachimsthal
.

History

Church of the Cross

Joachimsthal was founded in 1601 by Elector

Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium, that was relocated to Berlin after its devastation in 1636 during the Thirty Years' War. After a blaze in 1814, the church and several houses were rebuilt according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
.

From 1815 to 1947, Joachimstal was part of the

Wilhelm II had his own train station built), as did the Presidents of the Weimar Republic, Friedrich Ebert and Paul von Hindenburg. In 1944 Adolf Hitler gave the lodge to Obergruppenführer Hans Lammers and in 1973 it was rebuilt as a vacation home for General Secretary Erich Honecker
.

From 1947 to 1952, Joachimstal was part of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the East German Bezirk Frankfurt and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

Twin town

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)
Joachimsthal: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 3,027—    
1890 2,723−0.70%
1910 3,068+0.60%
1925 3,149+0.17%
1933 3,145−0.02%
1939 3,390+1.26%
1946 4,105+2.77%
1950 4,194+0.54%
1964 3,789−0.72%
1971 3,619−0.65%
1981 3,425−0.55%
1985 3,273−1.13%
1989 3,127−1.13%
1990 3,087−1.28%
1991 3,035−1.68%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 3,162+4.18%
1993 3,148−0.44%
1994 3,073−2.38%
1995 3,117+1.43%
1996 3,203+2.76%
1997 3,390+5.84%
1998 3,461+2.09%
1999 3,476+0.43%
2000 3,448−0.81%
2001 3,419−0.84%
2002 3,448+0.85%
2003 3,454+0.17%
2004 3,388−1.91%
2005 3,349−1.15%
2006 3,368+0.57%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 3,357−0.33%
2008 3,292−1.94%
2009 3,271−0.64%
2010 3,303+0.98%
2011 3,297−0.18%
2012 3,311+0.42%
2013 3,375+1.93%
2014 3,352−0.68%
2015 3,465+3.37%
2016 3,446−0.55%
2017 3,373−2.12%
2018 3,419+1.36%
2019 3,405−0.41%
2020 3,414+0.26%

See also

Notable people

Sons and daughters

Franz Ernst Neumann

Honorary citizen

The first honorary citizen (1951) was S. K. Thoden van Velzen (1870-1957), who worked as a doctor in the town. In the last days of the Second World War, he prevented the destruction of the town, with a white flag of the approaching Red Army.

Persons associated with Joachimsthal

  • Friedrich Brunold (1811-1894), Brandenburg writer, died in Joachimsthal

References

  1. ^ Landkreis Barnim Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. 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

External links

Media related to Joachimsthal (Barnim) at Wikimedia Commons

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