Velten

For other uses, see Velten (disambiguation).

Velten is a town in the Oberhavel district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 10 km southwest of Oranienburg, and 24 km northwest of Berlin.

Velten
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Velten within Oberhavel district
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Coordinates: 52°41′N 13°11′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Ines Hübner (SPD)
Area
• Total	23.39 km2 (9.03 sq mi)
Elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	12,424
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16727
Dialling codes	03304
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.Velten.de

History

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

Demography

• 
  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)
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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 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Velten: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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%

Personality

• 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

External links

• Official site (in German)