Zichow

Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany

(2019–24) Martin Röthke^[1] (CDU)Area • Total32.15 km² (12.41 sq mi)Elevation65 m (213 ft)Population • Total525 • Density16/km² (42/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes039861Vehicle registrationUMWebsitewww.amtgramzow.de

Zichow is a municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Gramzow.

Geography

Zichow is located within the historic Uckermark region. The municipal area comprises Zichow proper and the civil parishes (Ortsteile) of Fredersdorf and Golm, incorporated in 2001.

History

The former Slavic settlement of Zichow in the Margraviate of Brandenburg was first mentioned in a 1288 deed, issued by the Premonstratensian monks of nearby Gramzow Abbey. A fortress was erected at the site during the 13th century German Ostsiedlung migration. In 1354 Elector Louis II of Brandenburg ceded Zichow and Golm to the bordering Duchy of Pomerania.

Re-acquired by Elector Frederick II in 1447, the estates were enfeoffed to several Brandenburgian noble dynasties. All three parishes suffered from extended devastations during the Thirty Years' War. Zichow Castle was rebuilt in a Baroque style after a blaze in 1745.

Demography

Zichow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,038 —     1890 917 −0.82% 1910 1,057 +0.71% 1925 1,152 +0.58% 1933 1,010 −1.63% 1939 980 −0.50% 1946 1,400 +5.23% 1950 1,476 +1.33% 1964 1,126 −1.91% 1971 1,078 −0.62% 1981 881 −2.00% 1985 796 −2.50% 1989 713 −2.72% 1990 702 −1.54%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 704 +0.28% 1992 668 −5.11% 1993 651 −2.54% 1994 648 −0.46% 1995 647 −0.15% 1996 641 −0.93% 1997 655 +2.18% 1998 656 +0.15% 1999 676 +3.05% 2000 662 −2.07% 2001 664 +0.30% 2002 657 −1.05% 2003 644 −1.98% 2004 645 +0.16%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 641 −0.62% 2006 644 +0.47% 2007 625 −2.95% 2008 645 +3.20% 2009 611 −5.27% 2010 617 +0.98% 2011 628 +1.78% 2012 632 +0.64% 2013 610 −3.48% 2014 609 −0.16% 2015 583 −4.27% 2016 566 −2.92% 2017 565 −0.18%

Notable people

• Carl Strehlow (1871–1922), missionary and ethnologist

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