Oberkrämer is a
municipality
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in the
Oberhavel
Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the ''Bunde ...
district, in
Brandenburg
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,
Germany
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.
An experimental farm of wind turbines existed between 1941 and 1945 on the 50 m high
Matthias mountain in the area.
Subdivisions
Oberkrämer consists of formerly separate municipalities, which as of 31 December 2001 merged with the new municipality of Oberkrämer.
On 27 September 1998, the municipalities of Eichstädt, Neu-Vehlefanz and Vehlefanz merged into the new municipality of Oberkrämer. On 31 December 2001, the municipalities of Bärenklau, Bötzow, Marwitz and Schwante were merged into the municipality of Oberkrämer.
Demography
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Oberkrämer.pdf, Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany
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; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany
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)
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Oberkrämer.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany
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in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
Photogallery
File:Schwante_Gutshaus.jpg, Manor
File:Schwante_am_Park.jpg, Park
File:Schwante_Wasserturm.jpg, Former water tower
References
External links
Localities in Oberhavel
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