Ziethen (Barnim)

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 58 '  N , 13 ° 55'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Barnim
Office :	Joachimsthal (Schorfheide)
Height :	50 m above sea level NHN
Area :	24.38 km 2
Residents:	458 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	16247
Area code :	033364
License plate :	BAR, BER, EW
Community key :	12 0 60 296
Community structure:	2 districts
Office administration address:	Joachimsplatz 1–3 16247 Joachimsthal
Website :	www.amt-joachimsthal.de
Mayor :	Michael Dupont
Location of the municipality of Ziethen in the Barnim district

Ziethen is a municipality on the northeastern edge of the Barnim district , on the border with the Uckermark . It is administered by the Joachimsthal (Schorfheide) office.

Community structure

Ziethen consists of the districts Groß-Ziethen and Klein Ziethen as well as the residential areas Albrechtshöhe, Försterei Groß-Ziethen, Luisenfelde, Sperlingsherberge and Töpferberge.

history

Groß-Ziethen and Klein Ziethen belonged to the Angermünde district in the province of Brandenburg since 1817 and to the Eberswalde district in the GDR district of Frankfurt (Oder) from 1952 . Both places have been in the Brandenburg district of Barnim since 1993.

The municipality of Ziethen was formed on February 1, 2002 from the neighboring villages of Groß-Ziethen and Klein Ziethen.

French religious refugees, so-called refugees or Huguenots , found a new home in Brandenburg in Groß Ziethen and Klein Ziethen . In 1686 the first 16 refugee families (from Hainaut in today's Belgium) were settled in Klein Ziethen. The place must have already existed at the time, but was largely deserted. In both villages colonist communities gradually emerged, each with a church and a preacher, school and teacher.

The immigrants brought fine fruit and vegetables from France and introduced tobacco cultivation in the Uckermark . The latter in particular was a much more lucrative business than growing grain for the local population. Their possible economic advancement and their privileges were viewed with great suspicion by the locals. The officials of the surrounding communities tried to curtail the privileges of the Huguenot families. However, the people of Ziethen were able to successfully defend themselves against this.

The parishes of Groß-Ziethen and Klein Ziethen still belong to the French Reformed Church District of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia.

Population development

year	Groß-Ziethen	Klein Ziethen		year	Ziethen		year	Ziethen
1875	623	439		2002	491		2018	450
1910	687	365		2005	483		2019	458
1939	565	362		2010	459
1946	711	517		2011	455
1950	699	493		2012	470
1971	466	341		2013	461
1990	283	210		2014	446
1995	271	222		2015	449
2000	278	211		2016	443
2001	283	202		2017	443

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31 (from 1991), from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

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

Voting group / individual applicants	Seats
Single applicant Kerstin Paal	1
Individual applicant Matthias Stein	1
Voting group fire brigade Groß Ziethen	1
Individual applicant Hans-Jürgen Wölk	1
Single applicant Dagmar Rouvel	1
Individual applicant Peter Kranz	1

Kerstin Paal and Matthias Stein's share of the votes corresponds to two seats each. Therefore, according to § 48 (6) of the Brandenburg Local Election Act, two seats in the municipal council remain vacant.

mayor

• since 2003: Michael Dupont

In the mayoral election on May 26, 2019, Dupont was elected unopposed with 70.5% of the valid votes for a further term of five years.

Attractions

The list of architectural monuments in Ziethen and the list of ground monuments in Ziethen contain the cultural monuments entered in the monuments list of the State of Brandenburg.

The Geopark visitor and information center is located in Groß-Ziethen and the Grumsiner Forst / Redernswalde nature reserve is nearby . It is part of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage of Primeval Beech Forests and Ancient Beech Forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe .

• French Reformed Churches
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  Groß-Ziethen

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  Klein Ziethen

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  Chapel in the Klein Ziethen cemetery

traffic

Ziethen is on federal highway 198 . To the west you can reach the Joachimsthal junction on the A 11 Berlin– Stettin motorway at a distance of 6 to 9 kilometers , and to the east the city of Angermünde is roughly the same distance .

The nearest train station with connections to Berlin and Stettin , Stralsund and Schwedt is in Angermünde .

literature

• Wilhelm Benoit: History of the Benoit family from 1621 to 1909 . Karlsruhe 1909. (Chapter 9: The French colonies in Groß-Ziethen and Klein-Ziethen [pp. 98-134]).

Web links

Commons : Ziethen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ziethen municipality
• Historical Lexicon of Brandenburg

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. Ziethen municipality
3. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2002
4. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. District Barnim . 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. ↑ Brandenburg Local Election Act, Section 48
9. ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 22
10. ↑ Brandenburg Local Election Act, Section 73 (1)
11. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019