Werneuchen () is a town in

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, in the district of Barnim northeast of

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within the

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. Most of the population of Werneuchen commutes to Berlin.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Werneuchen was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of

, from 1952 to 1990 of the East German Bezirk Frankfurt and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Werneuchen.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 Werneuchen.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (purple line); and for 2020-2030 (green line).

International relations

Werneuchen is twinned with: * Dziwnów,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

References

External links

Localities in Barnim {{Brandenburg-geo-stub