Halbe

Halbe
Coat of arms of Halbe Coat of arms
Halbe
Location of Halbe within Dahme-Spreewald district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.	Schenkenländchen
Government
• Mayor	Ralf Kunze (Ind.)
Area
• Total	78.08 km2 (30.15 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	2,150
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15757
Dialling codes	033765
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	gemeinde-halbe.de

Halbe (Lower Sorbian Łobje) is a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated near the capital city Berlin and the Spreewald. Four other villages are part of Halbe: Briesen/Brand with the Tropical Islands resorts of Dom, Teurow, Freidorf and Oderin.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Halbe.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)

Halbe:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Population 1875 1 573 1890 1 807 1910 2 476 1925 2 408 1933 2 422 1939 2 555 1946 3 031 1950 3 007 1964 2 648 1971 2 570

Year Population 1981 2 264 1985 2 194 1989 2 133 1990 2 119 1991 2 117 1992 2 098 1993 2 079 1994 2 112 1995 2 105 1996 2 134

Year Population 1997 2 217 1998 2 262 1999 2 244 2000 2 266 2001 2 267 2002 2 240 2003 2 225 2004 2 360 2005 2 232 2006 2 219

Year Population 2007 2 194 2008 2 167 2009 2 169 2010 2 141 2011 2 194 2012 2 208 2013 2 150

See also

• The Battle of Halbe, which was fought in the last days of the Second World War.
• The Kaiserbahnhof Halbe, which was built for Kaiser Wilhelm I