Nordwestuckermark 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 ...
in the
Uckermark
The Uckermark () is a historical region in northeastern Germany, straddles the Uckermark District of Brandenburg and the Vorpommern-Greifswald District of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its traditional capital is Prenzlau.
Geography
The region is nam ...
district, in
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 squ ...
,
Germany
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.
History and community structure
The community Nordwestuckermark was formed on 1 November 2001 from the previously independent municipalities Ferdinandshorst, Fürstenwerder, Gollmitz, Kraatz, Naugarten, Röpersdorf/Sternhagen, Schapow, Schönermark und Weggun (Amt Nordwestuckermark) and the municipality Holzendorf (department Prenzlau-Land).
The community Nordwestuckermark has the following districts:
Demography
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Nordwestuckermark.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
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany
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)
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Nordwestuckermark.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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
Photo gallery
File:Fuerstenwerder_Woldegker_Tor.jpg,
File:Fuerstenwerder_Stadtmauer.jpg,
File:Fuerstenwerder_Berliner_Tor.jpg,
See also
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Fürstenwerder
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Großer See
References
Localities in Uckermark (district)
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