Märkisch Luch

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 34 '  N , 12 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Havelland
Office :	Nennhausen
Height :	30 m above sea level NHN
Area :	71.53 km 2
Residents:	1265 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	14715
Primaries :	033876, 033878
License plate :	HVL, NAU, RN
Community key :	12 0 63 186
Community structure:	4 districts and 3 residential spaces
Office administration address:	Fouqué-Platz 3 14715 Nennhausen
Website :	amt-nennhausen.de
Mayor :	Andreas Tutzschke
Location of the municipality of Märkisch Luch in the Havelland district

Märkisch Luch is a municipality in the Havelland district in Brandenburg . It is administered by the Nennhausen office.

geography

Märkisch Luch is approx. 24 km east of Rathenow and approx. 60 km west of Berlin . To the east of the community lies the 87 m above sea level. NHN high Heineberg. In the south, Märkisch Luch has shares in the Marzahner Fenn and Dünenheide nature reserve .

Community structure

The municipality of Märkisch Luch has the following districts:

• Barnewitz with the Linde community
• Buschow with the residential areas Buschow I and Colony Buschow
• Garlitz with the municipality part Kieck
• Möthlow

history

Barnewitz was first mentioned as Bornewitz in 1289 . The place is of Slavic origin. At the end of the Second World War , the place was badly destroyed. Buschow was first mentioned in a document in 1256. During excavations 1000 year old vases and urns were found in Buschow. Garlitz as the oldest district was first mentioned in a document in 1161. In 1822 the place burned down and was rebuilt. In 1307 Möthlow was first mentioned in a document.

Barnewitz, Buschow, Garlitz and Möthlow belonged to the Westhavelland district in the Prussian province of Brandenburg since 1817 and to the Rathenow district in the GDR district of Potsdam from 1952 . Since 1993, the places have been in the Havelland district in Brandenburg.

The municipality of Märkisch Luch was created on December 31, 2002 from the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Barnewitz, Buschow, Garlitz and Möthlow.

Population development

year Residents 2002 1 377 2003 1 376 2004 1 373

year Residents 2005 1 354 2006 1 382 2007 1,370 2008 1 361 2009 1 334

year Residents 2010 1,330 2011 1 287 2012 1 254 2013 1 258 2014 1 279

year Residents 2015 1 251 2016 1 267 2017 1 249 2018 1 283 2019 1 265

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31, from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The community council of Märkisch Luch consists of 10 community representatives and the honorary mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Voter group	Seats
United Citizens Movement Märkisch Luch	5
Märkisch Luch moves	3
Barnewitz Independent Voting Group	2

mayor

• 2003–2014: Rudi Marquardt
• since 2014: Andreas Tutzschke (Independent Voting Group Barnewitz)

Tutzschke was elected in the mayoral election on May 26, 2019 with 51.9% of the valid votes for a further term of five years.

Church in Möthlow

Bee museum

Attractions

The list of monuments in Märkisch Luch includes the monuments entered in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg.

More Attractions:

• Village church in Barnewitz from the 18th century
• Trust oak in Barnewitz OT Linde
• Hunting and local history museum in Buschow
• Quantenpark in Buschow (since 2010)
• Bolchow Moor
• Garlitz village church
• Möthlow village church
• Bee museum in Möthlow

traffic

The community is located on the L 99 national road between Havelsee and Retzow (on the B 5 ).

The Berlin – Lehrte railway runs through the community. Buschow stop is served by the RE 4 regional express ( Rathenow - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde ).

Personalities

• Adolf Zander (1843–1914), church music director, born in Barnewitz
• Günter de Bruyn (* 1926), writer, teacher in Garlitz
• Eckart Früh (1942–2014), literary historian, born in Barnewitz
• Jürgen Wetzel (* 1938), historian, born in Garlitz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. Märkisch Luch community
3. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2002
4. ^ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. District Havelland . Pp. 18-21
5. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
6. ^ 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)
7. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
8. ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 25
9. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 25, 2014
10. ↑ Section 73 of the Brandenburg Local Election Act
11. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019

Web links

Commons : Märkisch Luch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Nennhausen district