Lenzen

Lenzen (Elbe)

Town in Brandenburg, Germany

Lenzen (Elbe) is a small town in the district of Prignitz, in Brandenburg, Germany. The town lies to the north of the Löcknitz River, not far from where the Löcknitz flows into the Elbe. It is part of the Amt Lenzen-Elbtalaue.

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Lenzen
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Lenzen (Elbe) within Prignitz district
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Coordinates: 53°05′28″N 11°28′24″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Municipal assoc.	Lenzen-Elbtalaue
Subdivisions	9 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Thomas Wange^[1]
Area
• Total	95.75 km² (36.97 sq mi)
Elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)^[2]
• Total	2,038
• Density	21/km² (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19309
Dialling codes	038792
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.lenzenelbe.de

Overview

This section does not cite any sources. (October 2022)

Lenzen is situated near the Elbe, approx. 20 km northwest of Wittenberge. It was the scene of the Battle of Lenzen, an early victory by the Germans over the Wends in 929.

Frederick, Count of Zollern, confiscated it from the von Quitzow family in 1420 for their part in the uprising of the Wendish nobility, and mortgaged it to Otto von Blumenthal. He redeemed the mortgage and restored the von Quitzows in 1422.

Another Lenzen is an Old Prussian site in (former) East-Prussia near the Baltic Sea.

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)

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Lenzen (Elbe): Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	4,619	—
1890	4,403	−0.32%
1910	4,065	−0.40%
1925	4,167	+0.17%
1933	4,069	−0.30%
1939	3,980	−0.37%
1946	5,309	+4.20%
1950	5,389	+0.37%
1964	4,258	−1.67%
1971	4,038	−0.75%
1981	3,503	−1.41%
1985	3,390	−0.82%
1989	3,293	−0.72%
1990	3,255	−1.15%
1991	3,100	−4.76%
1992	3,133	+1.06%
1993	3,084	−1.56%
1994	3,067	−0.55%
1995	3,008	−1.92%
1996	2,985	−0.76%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1997	2,986	+0.03%
1998	2,926	−2.01%
1999	2,916	−0.34%
2000	2,830	−2.95%
2001	2,766	−2.26%
2002	2,750	−0.58%
2003	2,707	−1.56%
2004	2,661	−1.70%
2005	2,622	−1.47%
2006	2,554	−2.59%
2007	2,519	−1.37%
2008	2,453	−2.62%
2009	2,381	−2.94%
2010	2,363	−0.76%
2011	2,319	−1.86%
2012	2,293	−1.12%
2013	2,251	−1.83%
2014	2,209	−1.87%
2015	2,219	+0.45%
2016	2,160	−2.66%

Photogallery

Historic view of Lenzen on a Notgeld bill from 1922 issues in Lenzen (http://www.germannotes.com)
Town hall
Castle
"Jester's licence"
Breetz

References

[1]
Landkreis Prignitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
[2]
"Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). 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

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