Kremmen is a town in the district of

Oberhavel Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the ''Bunde ...

, in

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

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. It is located 15 km (10 miles) west of

Oranienburg Oranienburg () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Geography Oranienburg is a town located on the banks of the Havel river, 35 km north of the centre of Berlin. Division of the town Oranienburg ...

and 38 km (24 miles) northwest of

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

. It is known mostly for its castle Ziethen. The local church contains an organ built in 1817 by Tobias Thurley.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Kremmen.pdf, 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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Kremmen.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the

Census in Germany A national census in Germany (german: Volkszählung) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars, only a few full population censuses have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, wa ...

in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Mayors

Klaus-Jürgen Sasse (SPD) was elected in October 2008 with 53,1 % of the votes. Sebastian Busse (CDU) was elected in November 2016 with 56,9 % of the votes.Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterstichwahl am 27. November 2016
/ref> He started in office in March 2017.

Photogallery

Image:Sommerfeld_Klinik_Portal.jpg, Image:Sommerfeld_Klinik_15.jpg, Image:Sommerfeld_Klinik_1.jpg, Image:Sommerfeld_Klinik_8.jpg, Image:Sommerfeld_Klinik_21.jpg, Image:Sommerfeld_Klinik_30.jpg,

Personalities

Richard Dehmel Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (18 November 1863 – 8 February 1920) was a German poet and writer. Life A forester's son, Richard Dehmel was born in Hermsdorf near Wendisch Buchholz (now a part of Münchehofe) in the Brandenburg Province, Ki ...

(1863-1920), poet and writer, spent his childhood in Kremmen

References

External links

Localities in Oberhavel {{Brandenburg-geo-stub