Population development of Eberswalde

This article shows the population development of Eberswalde in tables and graphs.

On December 31, 2019, "was Official population " of Eberswalde after updating the Statistical Office Berlin-Brandenburg 40699 (only primary residences and by comparison with the other country offices ).

Population development of Eberswalde

 

Population development of Eberswalde. Above from 1618 to 2017. Below an excerpt from 1871

In the Thirty Years War Eberswalde lost almost its entire population. The population decreased from 1200 in 1618 to 168 in 1643; it only reached the pre-war level again in 1722. In the 18th century the population of Eberswalde grew only slowly. It was not until the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century that population growth began. In 1800 almost 3000 people lived in Eberswalde, in 1898 there were already 20,000. By 1939 this number had doubled to just under 41,000.

During the Second World War , the city lost 78 percent of its population. The population sank to 9,000 by the end of April 1945, then rose very quickly after the end of the war due to the return of the Eberswalder who fled from the Soviet troops and was 17,500 again on May 2, 1945 and around 21,000 at the end of June 1945.

On March 20, 1970, the cities of Eberswalde (33,400 inhabitants 1969) and Finow (11,767 inhabitants 1969) merged to form the city of Eberswalde-Finow with around 45,000 inhabitants. In 1988 the city had the highest population in its history with 54,822. In 1993 the city was renamed Eberswalde . Up to 1994 up to 25,000 Soviet soldiers were stationed in Eberswalde, the exact number is unknown.

In 1990, 435 foreigners (0.83 percent) were registered with the city administration. This number fell to 299 (0.58 percent) by the end of 1991 due to the premature termination of employment contracts by the companies and emigration. By 2000, the number of foreigners grew again to 550 people (1.23 percent). In recent years, the proportion of foreigners in the total population has risen continuously and in 2008 was 1.9 percent (780 people). Since the fall of the Wall in the GDR , the city has lost 25.3 percent of its inhabitants (13,878 people) due to emigration and a decline in the birth rate due to high unemployment. On December 31, 2010, 40,944 people were still living in the city. The population between 35,000 and 40,000 is expected to stabilize by 2020.

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1800 these are mostly estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates from the city administration (until 1944), the state central administration for statistics (1945 to 1989) and the state statistical office (from 1990). From 1840 the information relates to the “customs clearance population”, from 1871 to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1966 to the “population at the place of the main residence”. Before 1840, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey methods.

From 1618 to 1944

(respective territorial status)

Year / date Residents 1618 1,200 1643 168 1722 1,205 1730 2 1,724 1774 2nd 2,351 1800 2 2,964 December 1, 1816 1 2,881 December 1, 1825 1 3,850 December 1, 1831 1 4,388 December 3, 1840 1 1840 2 4,844 4,782 3 December 1843 1 5,283

date Residents December 3, 1846 1 5,581 December 3, 1849 1 5,631 3 December 1852 1 6,066 3 December 1855 1 6,153 3 December 1858 1 6,441 3 December 1861 1 6,650 3 December 1864 1 7.126 December 1, 1871 1 8,323 December 1, 1875 1 10,483 December 1, 1880 1 11,524 December 1, 1885 1, 2 13,241

date Residents December 1, 1890 1 16,114 December 2, 1895 1 18,288 1 December 1900 1 21,654 December 1, 1905 1 23,833 December 1, 1910 1 26,075 December 1, 1916 1 25,439 December 5, 1917 1 24,315 October 8, 1919 1 26,786 June 16, 1925 1, 2 29,510 June 16, 1933 1 31,369 May 17, 1939 1 1939 2 40,615 40,838

Notes:
¹ Census result
² according to Frauke Gränitz, Luise Grundmann, Rolf Schmidt: Um Eberswalde, Chorin and the Werbellinsee , Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2002; Page 339

From 1945 to 1989

Before the fall of the Wall, the following Soviet units were stationed in Eberswalde:

• 20th Guard Army ( Headquarters )
• 899th Airborne Battalion
• 255th Repair Battalion
• 307th Repair Battalion
• 423rd Radio Battalion
• 247th Rifle Battalion
• 81st Guard Mot. Rifle Regiment
• 787th Fighter Regiment
• 41st helicopter squadron
• 117th Rear Brigade
• 793. Military Hospital

The staff of the 20th Guard Army alone included 10,000 members of the army and 5,000 civilian employees who were not included in the population statistics. A total of around 30,000 soldiers of the Soviet Army were stationed in the Eberswalde area. Including civilian workers and children, there were about as many Soviet citizens living in Eberswalde as there were Germans, but the population of about 100,000 was never officially communicated.

(respective territorial status)

date Residents April 30, 1945 9,000 May 2, 1945 17,500 June 30, 1945 21,000 December 1, 1945 1 27,377 October 29, 1946 1, 2 30.186 August 31, 1950 1 30,895 December 31, 1955 32,330 December 31, 1956 32,174 December 31, 1957 32.008 December 31, 1958 32,037 December 31, 1959 31,969 December 31, 1960 32.012 December 31, 1961 32.114 December 31, 1962 32,552

date Residents December 31, 1963 32,906 December 31, 1964 1 1964² 33,078 33,092 December 31, 1965 33,680 December 31, 1966 33,836 December 31, 1967 33,701 December 31, 1968 33,719 December 31, 1969 33,400 December 31, 1970 1 46,299 December 31, 1971 46,356 December 31, 1972 1 46,573 December 31, 1973 47,037 December 31, 1974 47.141 December 31, 1975 47.241 December 31, 1976 47,970

date Residents December 31, 1977 49,606 December 31, 1978 50,994 December 31, 1979 52.192 December 31, 1980 53,240 December 31, 1981 1 53,183 December 31, 1982 53,381 December 31, 1983 53,473 December 31, 1984 53,773 December 31, 1985 54,239 December 31, 1986 54,566 December 31, 1987 54,536 December 31, 1988 54,822 December 31, 1989 2 54,332

Notes:
¹ Census result
² according to Frauke Gränitz, Luise Grundmann, Rolf Schmidt: Um Eberswalde, Chorin and the Werbellinsee , Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2002; Page 339

Source: State Central Administration for Statistics

Since 1990

date Residents 3rd October 1990 52,983 December 31, 1991 51,513 December 31, 1992 50,997 December 31, 1993 50,730 December 31, 1994 49,940 December 31, 1995 49,212 December 31, 1996 48,411 December 31, 1997 47,366 December 31, 1998 46,250 December 31, 1999 45,484

date Residents December 31, 2000 44,623 December 31, 2001 43,669 December 31, 2002 42.901 December 31, 2003 42,446 December 31, 2004 42,144 December 31, 2005 41,831 December 31, 2006 41,787 December 31, 2007 41,396 December 31, 2008 41,331 December 31, 2009 41,175

date Residents December 31, 2010 40,944 December 31, 2011 39.126 December 31, 2012 38,965 December 31 2013 38,844 December 31, 2014 38,897 December 31, 2015 39,303 December 31, 2016 40,019 December 31, 2017 40.223 December 31, 2018 40,387 December 31, 2019 40,699

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants, from 2011 based on the 2011 census

Population development of Finow

The following overview shows the population of Finow (until 1928 Heegermühle) according to the respective territorial status.

Year / date Residents 1734 93 1800 187 December 1, 1840 1 419 December 1, 1885 1 1,903 December 1, 1910 1 5,859 June 16, 1933 1 7,896

date Residents May 17, 1939 1 10,481 October 29, 1946 1 9,616 August 31, 1950 1 9,526 December 31, 1964 1 9,977 December 31, 1965 10.135 December 31, 1969 11,767

Note:
¹ census result

Birth and migration balance

Birth balance and migration balance according to the respective territorial area.

year	Born	Died	Birth balance	Immigration	Departures	Migration balance	Population balance
1991	402	620	−218	954	1809	−855	−1073
1992	301	602	−301	1080	1295	−215	−516
1993	266	586	−320	1034	1601	−567	−887
1994	263	648	−385	1183	1588	−405	−790
1995	258	564	−306	1344	1766	−422	−728
1996	318	524	−206	1307	1902	-595	−801
1997	301	511	−210	1502	2337	−835	−1045
1998	336	532	−196	1521	2441	−920	−1116
1999	325	448	−123	1614	2257	−643	−766
2000	308	466	−158	1553	2256	−703	−861
2001	289	455	−166	1638	2426	-788	−954
2002	337	468	−131	1632	2269	-637	−768
2003	307	530	−223	1818	2050	-232	−455
2004	288	471	−183	1937	2056	-119	−302
2005	355	474	-119	1700	1910	-210	−329
2006	348	451	-103	1757	1864	-107	−210
2007	343	499	-156	1645	1886	-241	-397
2008	368	470	-102	1960	1923	37	-65
2009	337	490	-153	2012	2017	-5	-156
2010	319	493	-174	2016	2072	-56	-231

Source: Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office

City and districts

The population figures refer to December 31 of each year (main residences).

No.	Surname	2001	2005	2008
01	City center	12,318	12,252	12,567
02	Ostend	3,329	3,237	3,154
03	North end	2,775	2,689	2,724
04th	West end	5,310	5,068	4,892
05	Finow	8,650	8,468	8,467
06th	Finowtal (BBV) 1	9,307	7,988	7.139
07th	Clara Zetkin settlement	993	1,050	1.008
08th	Sommerfelde	435	449	418
09	Tornow	341	331	319
10	Spechthausen 2			160
	Eberswalde	43,458	41,532	40,848

¹ BBV = Brandenburg Quarter
² Incorporation on January 1, 2006

Source: City of Eberswalde

literature

• Records of the Maria Magdalenen Congregation 1618–1800
• Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Dieterici (ed.): Communications from the Statistical Bureau in Berlin , 1848–1861
• Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the German Empire , 1880–1918
• Statistisches Reichsamt (Ed.): Statistical yearbook for the German Reich , 1919–1941 / 42
• German Association of Cities (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of German Communities , 1890 ff.
• State Central Administration for Statistics (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of the German Democratic Republic , 1955–1989
• Bertelsmann Foundation (ed.): Who, where, how many? - Population in Germany 2025. Practical knowledge for municipalities. Bertelsmann Stiftung publishing house, Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 978-3-86793-042-0

Web links

• Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg: Online tables
• Bertelsmann Foundation: Guide to the community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population development and areas of independent cities, districts and municipalities in the State of Brandenburg 2016 , p. 9
2. ↑ Transodra: On the reception and integration of the displaced persons in Eberswalde 1945 - 1948
3. ↑ Список всех войсковых соединений ГСВГ (List of all military units of the GSSD)
4. ↑ Foreign home Eberswalde? - Immigration in the past and present ( memento of the original from July 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Booklet accompanying the special exhibition in the context of the Kulturland Brandenburg 2003 EUROPA, page 38 
5. ^ ZWA Eberswalde : The Eberswalde sewage treatment plant
6. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. District Barnim . Pp. 14-17
7. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
8. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
9. ^ City of Eberswalde: City of Eberswalde. Annual statistical report 2008