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Werder (Havel)

City island in the River Havel, with Großer Plessower See in the background
City island in the River Havel, with
Großer Plessower See in the background



Coat of arms of Werder (Havel)
Coat of arms


Location of Werder (Havel) within Potsdam-Mittelmark district


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Werder (Havel) is located in Germany

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Werder (Havel) is located in Brandenburg

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Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 12°56′06″E / 52.37806°N 12.93500°E / 52.37806; 12.93500Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 12°56′06″E / 52.37806°N 12.93500°E / 52.37806; 12.93500
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictPotsdam-Mittelmark
Subdivisions8 Ortsteile
Government

 • Mayor
Manuela Saß (CDU)
Area

[1][2]

 • Total117.05 km2 (45.19 sq mi)
Elevation

31 m (102 ft)
Population
(2017-12-31)[3]

 • Total25,695
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
14542
Dialling codes03327
Vehicle registrationPM
Websitewww.werder-havel.de

Werder (Havel) (official name derived from Werder an der Havel ("Werder upon Havel"), colloquially just Werder), is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, west of the state's capital Potsdam.


Werder has a long and rich history and is a nationally recognized Erholungsort – a government designation given to regions of Germany that have been recognized and must be continuously re-certified as having air and climate qualities which provide a healthful environment to visitors. Werder is also famous for hosting one of Germany's three largest festivals, the Baumblütenfest, held annually in May.




Contents





  • 1 Etymology


  • 2 History


  • 3 Demography


  • 4 Politics


  • 5 Economics

    • 5.1 Viticulture



  • 6 Notable people


  • 7 Gallery


  • 8 International relations

    • 8.1 Twin towns — Sister cities



  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links




Etymology


The Werder municipal area stretches along the banks of the Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, and the town's oldest quarter is located on an island in the river. Hence the name, as the landscape term Werder (like Wörth in Upper German) means "river island".



History


Werder has several different specific mentions in the ancient historical records of Berlin, which lies 165 km (103 mi) southeast. The city "Werdere" is mentioned in 1317, "Wehrder" in 1450 and in its present spelling in 1580. However, in its southwest end pieces of ancient broken glass have been discovered, and on its south end are remains of what may have been an Early Medieval Slavic castle wall.


The coin-shaped city island in the Havel river is mentioned as being accessible via a bridge in a 1317 deed, when the ministeriales of the Brandenburg margraves had to sell the estates to the monks of nearby Lehnin Abbey. The town was devastated by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War.


During World War II and prior thereto an airfield existed in the north of the city which, together with an adjacent park, was used during the war as an airplane pilot training area. Werder was the base of Luftwaffe general Karl Koller during the Battle of Berlin. After the end of the war, Soviet troops were stationed in this area of the city. The last Russian troops departed in 1993, three years after the reunification of Germany.



Demography





Werder (Havel): Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[4]













































YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 9,271—    
1890 11,415+1.40%
1910 12,925+0.62%
1925 14,342+0.70%
1933 16,470+1.74%
1939 19,699+3.03%
1946 21,124+1.00%
1950 20,469−0.78%
1964 18,250−0.82%
1971 18,017−0.18%
1981 18,069+0.03%
1985 18,159+0.12%
1989 17,957−0.28%
1990 17,838−0.66%













































YearPop.±% p.a.
1991 17,885+0.26%
1992 17,949+0.36%
1993 18,460+2.85%
1994 18,729+1.46%
1995 19,404+3.60%
1996 19,809+2.09%
1997 20,376+2.86%
1998 20,983+2.98%
1999 21,801+3.90%
2000 22,218+1.91%
2001 22,284+0.30%
2002 22,290+0.03%
2003 22,341+0.23%
2004 22,611+1.21%










































YearPop.±% p.a.
2005 22,874+1.16%
2006 23,015+0.62%
2007 23,145+0.56%
2008 23,129−0.07%
2009 23,004−0.54%
2010 23,017+0.06%
2011 23,297+1.22%
2012 23,506+0.90%
2013 23,838+1.41%
2014 24,347+2.14%
2015 24,856+2.09%
2016 25,345+1.97%
2017 25,695+1.38%


Politics


Since 1990, Werder's mayor has been Werner Große of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who had previously functioned as the city's deputy. The 29-seat town council (SVV), meets every two months, to represent the interests of the citizenry. The council is composed of 17 CDU members, 4 Social Democratic Party members, 3 Action Free Citizens members and various other unaffiliated city delegates.


There are a number of committees with appointed citizens delegates who consult with the town council. The central committee, which exists under chairmanship of the mayor, deals with finances in consultation with an auditing board of examiners. The committee for social policy, education, culture and sport, oversees area schools. There is also a special committee responsible for town development, construction and living conditions, which has significant influence over the city's infrastructure.



Economics


Although at one time known for its wine production and fishing industry, both pursuits declined during the 18th century. From early times the monks of the Cistercian monastery of Lehnin cultivated fruit in the region and Werder is still today particularly well known for this endeavor, which is also the foundation for its famous blossoming season festival. The predominant fruits grown in the area are cherries, apples, and strawberries but raspberries, gooseberries, currants, blackberries, apricots, peaches, pears, and plums are also cultivated. Vegetables are also grown, especially tomatoes, the bulk of which are cultivated in local greenhouses.



Viticulture




Location of the wineyard in the town


Cultivation of wine is the city's second-oldest trade after fishing, brought to this area before 1300 by monks of the Cistercian Order. The wine of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg) counted at the end of the 13th century to the most important export articles to East and Northern Europe. The Hohenzollern dynasty, they came from Franconia to Brandenburg, made the wine of the Brandenburg March able of court. Up to the death of the Great Elector the wine was drunk in his board. The first Wine Master Order of Brandenburg was already remitted 1598 by the Elector Johann Georg and at that time it was reported which would be surrounded Havel by vineyards like the Moselle. However, the viticulture in this area was not trouble-free. The winters were so hard every now and then on which many vines got frostbite. Thus happen in winter, 1739/40, after the frost stopped till June. In the first half of the 18th century, grapes were grown on more than 100 hectares in Werder. The vines at that time were Weißer Elbling, Weißer and Roter Schönedel and Rotfranke. Nevertheless, more and more red wine than white wine was grown. The Quail's mountain of Werder (Werderaner Wachtelberg) counts to the oldest winegrowing places beyond the island Werder. On the island wine at the Mill Mountain and at the God's Mountain was grown. The wine foliage was used earlier to the envelopment by fruit, especially from apricots and peaches. The fruits could be transported so carefully in the Obsttienen (small transport container made from wood). In 1887 it was still reported about 2 vineyards. The wine cultivation period ended provisionally when the last vines in Werder got frostbite in the winter of 1955/56. Only in 1985 began the Cooperative Society Fruit Production of Werder on the Quail's Mountain with putting on a vineyard on a surface of 4.8 hectares. Today about 30 thousand vines grow there on nearly 7 hectares. If Dornfelder, Regent, Saphira and Müller-Thurgau belong to it among other things. Within the scope of the Federal Garden Show (Bundesgartenschau) in Potsdam Wine Teaching Paths on the Quail's Mountain were put on. Today here grow 38 red and 40 white wine kinds. The vineyard Quail's Mountain of Werder lies geographically with Latitude of 52 degree and 22 minutes north far to the north of the usual winegrowing areas of Europe. In 1991 this vineyard was taken up as a Großlagenfreie Einzellage in the Weinanbaugebiet Saale-Unstrut (winegrowing area at the rivers Saale and Unstrut) and was recognised by the EU. It is with it the most northern registered position for quality-tested wine cultivation (QbA) in Europe and the World.



Notable people



  • Anna Simson (1835–1916), women's rights activist


  • Karl Hagemeister (1848–1933), landscape painter


  • Burglinde Pollak (* 1951), pentathlete


  • Brigitte Ahrenholz (1952–2018), rower


  • Adolf Damaschke (1865–1935), politician and economist, lived in Werder since 1907


  • Bruno Kramm (* 1967), musician


Gallery



International relations




Twin towns — Sister cities


Werder is twinned with:



  • Rhineland-Palatinate Oppenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


  • Schleswig-Holstein Almdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


  • Denmark Hjørring, Denmark


  • Poland Tczew, Poland


  • Lithuania Biržai, Lithuania


  • South Korea Muan-gun, South Korea


See also


  • Großer Plessower See


References




  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg - 2017". Statistical office Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved 10 March 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.


  3. ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2017 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2018.


  4. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons




  • Werder, in: Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4. Aufl. 1888-89, Bd. 16, S. 534.

  • Werder News at the Werder (Havel) Blog.

  • Thomas's Glassware Tour 2006. Werder/Havel. Retrieved April 3, 2006.

  • Werder upon Havel City Council 2006.City Council of Werder upon Havel's official website. Retrieved April 3, 2006.


External links


Media related to Werder (Havel) at Wikimedia Commons



  • Official website of Werder (Havel) (in German) + (in English)







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