Wendisch Rietz

Wendisch Rietz
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wendisch Rietz within Oder-Spree district
Wendisch Rietz Wendisch Rietz
Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 14°01′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Scharmützelsee
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Andreas Diebert
Area
• Total	25.07 km2 (9.68 sq mi)
Elevation	51 m (167 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,658
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15864
Dialling codes	033679
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.amt-scharmuetzelsee.de

Wendisch Rietz is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Wendisch Rietz was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

Demography

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  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)

Wendisch Rietz: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 248 —     1890 252 +0.11% 1910 249 −0.06% 1925 398 +3.18% 1933 398 +0.00% 1939 415 +0.70% 1946 1,012 +13.58% 1950 949 −1.59% 1964 861 −0.69% 1971 784 −1.33% 1981 1,031 +2.78% 1985 1,063 +0.77% 1989 1,050 −0.31% 1990 1,055 +0.48% 1991 1,092 +3.51% 1992 1,093 +0.09% 1993 1,080 −1.19% 1994 1,119 +3.61% 1995 1,066 −4.74% 1996 1,065 −0.09%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,075 +0.94% 1998 1,100 +2.33% 1999 1,231 +11.91% 2000 1,306 +6.09% 2001 1,337 +2.37% 2002 1,345 +0.60% 2003 1,407 +4.61% 2004 1,410 +0.21% 2005 1,424 +0.99% 2006 1,428 +0.28% 2007 1,421 −0.49% 2008 1,421 +0.00% 2009 1,421 +0.00% 2010 1,406 −1.06% 2011 1,442 +2.56% 2012 1,467 +1.73% 2013 1,489 +1.50% 2014 1,506 +1.14% 2015 1,531 +1.66% 2016 1,531 +0.00%