Editing Potsdam-Mittelmark

{{Infobox District DE
|name=Potsdam-Mittelmark
|image_flag=Flagge Potsdam-Mittelmark.svg
|image_coa=Wappen des Landkreises Potsdam-Mittelmark.svg 
|state=Brandenburg
|capital=[[Belzig]]
|area=2,575.4
|Kreisschlüssel    = 12069
| district_admin    = Marko Köhler
| admin_party       = SPD
|carsign=PM
|url=[http://www.potsdam-mittelmark.de potsdam-mittelmark.de]
|map={{Germany district OSM map|parent_subdivision = Q1208}}
}}
[[File:Landratsamt Bad Belzig.JPG|thumb|Landratsamt Bad Belzig]]
'''Potsdam-Mittelmark''' is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the western part of [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. Its neighbouring administrative units are (clockwise from the north) the district of [[Havelland (district)|Havelland]], the free cities of [[Brandenburg (town)|Brandenburg]] and [[Potsdam]], the state of [[Berlin]], the district of [[Teltow-Fläming]], and the districts of [[Wittenberg (district)|Wittenberg]], [[Anhalt-Bitterfeld]] and [[Jerichower Land]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]].

==Geography==
The district includes the southern banks of the [[Havel]] river and the northern parts of the [[Fläming]] (a wooded hill chain). There are three nature parks in the district: [[High Fläming Nature Park]], Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park and [[Westhavelland Nature Park]].

==History==
The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts of Belzig, Brandenburg-Land and Potsdam-Land.

== Demography ==
<gallery widths="250" heights="200">
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark.pdf|Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark.pdf|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 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
</gallery>

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2019)<ref>Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]</ref>
| 1875 | 97780
| 1890 | 105144
| 1910 | 117118
| 1925 | 125508
| 1933 | 141531
| 1939 | 171777
| 1946 | 205184
| 1950 | 204933
| 1964 | 180055
| 1971 | 179936
| 1981 | 169676
| 1985 | 168383
| 1989 | 167394
| 1990 | 164964
| 1991 | 163307
| 1992 | 163349
| 1993 | 164652
| 1994 | 167609
| 1995 | 171626
| 1996 | 175322
| 1997 | 181591
| 1998 | 188097
| 1999 | 193086
| 2000 | 196644
| 2001 | 198690
| 2002 | 200313
| 2003 | 201335
| 2004 | 202630
| 2005 | 203477
| 2006 | 204007
| 2007 | 204510
| 2008 | 204277
| 2009 | 204594
| 2010 | 205070
| 2011 | 203391
| 2012 | 204388
| 2013 | 205520
| 2014 | 207498
| 2015 | 210910
| 2016 | 212207
| 2017 | 213214
| 2018 | 214664
| 2019 | 216566
}}

==Coat of arms==
{|
|- valign=top
||[[Image:Wappen des Landkreises Potsdam-Mittelmark.svg|100px|Coat of arms]]
||The coat of arms is divided into four fields. The left top one shows a red eagle as the symbol of Brandenburg. The three [[oak]]-leaves in the top right both symbolize the prevalent oak forests, but also the three previous districts which were merged to form the current one. In the bottom right are two bishopric keys, which stand for the diocese of Brandenburg. The black-and-golden bars in the bottom left are the symbol of [[Saxony]], and symbolize that the area around Belzig, Brück, Wiesenburg and Niemegk belonged to Saxony until 1815.
|}

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district PM|Municipalities in PM.png|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
! width=33% align=left|Amt-free towns
! width=33% align=left|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]]
! width=33% align=left|
|- valign=top
||
#[[Bad Belzig]]
#[[Beelitz]]
#[[Teltow]]
#[[Treuenbrietzen]]
#[[Werder (Havel)]]
<br>
'''Amt-free municipalities'''
#[[Groß Kreutz]]
#[[Kleinmachnow]]
#[[Kloster Lehnin]]
#[[Michendorf]]
#[[Nuthetal]]
#[[Schwielowsee (municipality)|Schwielowsee]]
#[[Seddiner See]]
#[[Stahnsdorf]]
#[[Wiesenburg]]
||
'''1.''' [[Amt Beetzsee|Beetzsee]]
#[[Beetzsee (municipality)|Beetzsee]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Beetzseeheide]]
#[[Havelsee]]<sup>2</sup>
#[[Päwesin]]
#[[Roskow]]

'''2.''' [[Amt Brück|Brück]]
#[[Borkheide]]
#[[Borkwalde]]
#[[Brück]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Golzow, Potsdam-Mittelmark|Golzow]]
#[[Linthe]]
#[[Planebruch]]

'''3.''' [[Amt Niemegk|Niemegk]]
#[[Mühlenfließ]]
#[[Niemegk]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Planetal]]
#[[Rabenstein]]
||
'''4.''' [[Amt Wusterwitz|Wusterwitz]]
#[[Bensdorf]]
#[[Rosenau, Brandenburg|Rosenau]]
#[[Wusterwitz]]<sup>1</sup>

'''5.''' [[Amt Ziesar|Ziesar]]
#[[Buckautal]]
#[[Görzke]]
#[[Gräben]]
#[[Wenzlow]]
#[[Wollin, Brandenburg|Wollin]]
#[[Ziesar]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
|-
|colspan=3 align=center|<sup>1</sup>seat of the Amt; <sup>2</sup>town
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark|Potsdam-Mittelmark}}
* [http://www.potsdam-mittelmark.de Official website] {{in lang|de}}

{{Germany districts brandenburg}}
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