Plattenburg

Plattenburg
Municipality
Plattenburg Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Plattenburg within Prignitz district
Plattenburg Plattenburg
Coordinates: 52°58′00″N 12°01′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Government
• Mayor (2020–28)	Anja Kramer
Area
• Total	200.76 km2 (77.51 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,319
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19336
Dialling codes	038796
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.plattenburg.de

Plattenburg is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is named after the water castle of Plattenburg which is located in the district.

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)
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  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 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Plattenburg: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 6,113 —     1890 5,589 −0.60% 1910 5,592 +0.00% 1925 5,852 +0.30% 1939 5,384 −0.59% 1950 8,827 +4.60% 1964 6,571 −2.09%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 6,351 −0.49% 1981 5,141 −2.09% 1985 5,265 +0.60% 1990 5,146 −0.46% 1995 4,693 −1.83% 2000 4,177 −2.30% 2005 3,977 −0.98%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 3,712 −1.37% 2015 3,413 −1.67% 2016 3,412 −0.03% 2017 3,325 −2.55% 2018 3,297 −0.84% 2019 3,274 −0.70% 2020 3,270 −0.12%