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Velten

Town in Brandenburg, Germany

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Velten (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛltn̩] ⓘ) is a town in the Oberhavel district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 10 km southwest of Oranienburg, and 24 km northwest of Berlin.

01History

In 1905 Velten had 38 stove factories that delivered 100,000 tiled stoves to Berlin, making Velten Germany's biggest stove manufacturer.

02Demography

Velten: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 2,712,     
1890 6,017+5.46%
1910 7,483+1.10%
1925 7,646+0.14%
1933 7,974+0.53%
1939 9,753+3.41%
1946 10,301+0.78%
1950 10,546+0.59%
1964 9,826−0.50%
1971 8,959−1.31%
1981 7,967−1.17%
1985 7,727−0.76%
1989 10,848+8.85%
1990 10,496−3.24%
1991 10,455−0.39%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 10,385−0.67%
1993 10,423+0.37%
1994 10,624+1.93%
1995 11,136+4.82%
1996 11,820+6.14%
1997 12,161+2.88%
1998 12,013−1.22%
1999 11,971−0.35%
2000 12,118+1.23%
2001 12,044−0.61%
2002 11,930−0.95%
2003 11,713−1.82%
2004 11,475−2.03%
2005 11,446−0.25%
2006 11,419−0.24%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 11,502+0.73%
2008 11,640+1.20%
2009 11,789+1.28%
2010 11,858+0.59%
2011 11,527−2.79%
2012 11,569+0.36%
2013 11,569+0.00%
2014 11,718+1.29%
2015 11,766+0.41%
2016 11,815+0.42%
2017 11,838+0.19%
2018 11,965+1.07%
2019 12,179+1.79%
2020 12,296+0.96%

03Personality

  • Erna Gersinski (1896-1964), resistance fighter against Nazism, lived in Velten.
  • Martin Männel (born 1988), soccer goalkeeper, played between his eighth and fourteenth year at SC Oberhavel Velten.
  • Emma Ihrer (1857-1911), trade unionist, lived from 1887 to 1894 in Velten
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