Dahme, Brandenburg

Town in Brandenburg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Dahme within Teltow-Fläming district

(2019–24) Thomas Willweber^[1]Area

• Total162.02 km² (62.56 sq mi)Elevation

87 m (285 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,868 • Density30/km² (78/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

15936

Dialling codes035451Vehicle registrationTFWebsitewww.dahme.de

Dahme (also: Dahme/Mark) is a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Dahme River, 30 km southeast of Luckenwalde, and 38 km west of Lübbenau.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Dahme was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

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.)
Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Dahme/Mark: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)^[3]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	8,674	—
1890	8,355	−0.25%
1910	8,976	+0.36%
1925	8,303	−0.52%
1933	8,009	−0.45%
1939	7,943	−0.14%
1946	10,840	+4.54%
1950	10,676	−0.38%
1964	8,756	−1.41%
1971	8,608	−0.24%
1981	7,610	−1.22%
1985	7,427	−0.61%
1989	7,271	−0.53%
1990	7,179	−1.27%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1991	7,036	−1.99%
1992	6,839	−2.80%
1993	6,745	−1.37%
1994	6,698	−0.70%
1995	6,680	−0.27%
1996	6,506	−2.60%
1997	6,496	−0.15%
1998	6,399	−1.49%
1999	6,279	−1.88%
2000	6,219	−0.96%
2001	6,165	−0.87%
2002	6,147	−0.29%
2003	6,035	−1.82%
2004	5,910	−2.07%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2005	5,790	−2.03%
2006	5,678	−1.93%
2007	5,583	−1.67%
2008	5,525	−1.04%
2009	5,412	−2.05%
2010	5,376	−0.67%
2011	5,288	−1.64%
2012	5,253	−0.66%
2013	5,194	−1.12%
2014	5,113	−1.56%
2015	5,073	−0.78%
2016	4,994	−1.56%
2017	4,930	−1.28%

Notable people

Karsten Greve (born 1946), an internationally renowned art dealer.
Johannes Groenland (1824–1891), botanist and microscopist who worked for Vilmorin and was a professor of natural science in Dahme.
Hermann Hellriegel (1831–1895), first head of the agricultural test station in Dahme from 1857 to 1873
Max Jacob (1849–1921), architect
Roswitha Krause (born 1949), swimmer and handball player
Günther Marks (1897–1978), church musician and composer; lecturer for organ play and church music at the evangelical seminar in Dahme
Otto Unverdorben (1806–1873), discoverer of the Aniline
Birgit Vanderbeke (1956–2021), writer

References

^ Landkreis Teltow-Fläming Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 3 February 2022.
^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons