Heidesee is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of

Dahme-Spreewald Dahme-Spreewald ( dsb, Wokrejs Damna-Błota) is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming, and by the city ...

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

, which is located in the eastern part of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Heidesee.pdf, 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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Heidesee.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the

Census in Germany A national census in Germany (german: Volkszählung) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars, only a few full population censuses have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, wa ...

in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Organization

Neighbourhoods

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

Blossin Blossin is a village in the municipality of Heidesee in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg (Germany) - southeast of Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inha ...

* 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 Egrets ( ) are herons, generally long-legged wading birds, that have white or buff plumage, developing fine plumes (usually milky white) during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from herons and have the same build ...

beside a leaf of an

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

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 Wolziger See is a lake in Heidesee, Brandenburg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous memb ...

* natural park Dahme-Heideseen * landscape conservation area Dubrow

References

Localities in Dahme-Spreewald {{Brandenburg-geo-stub