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Velten
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Velten within Oberhavel district
Interactive map of Velten
Location within Germany Location within Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°41′N 13°11′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Ines Hübner (SPD)
Area
• Total	23.36 km2 (9.02 sq mi)
Elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	12,674
• Density	542.6/km2 (1,405/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

Velten (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛltn̩] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Oberhavel district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 10 km southwest of Oranienburg, and 24 km northwest of Berlin.

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)
• 
  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 Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in German)