Heidesee

Heidesee
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Heidesee within Dahme-Spreewald district
Location of Heidesee
Heidesee Heidesee
Coordinates: 52°16′59″N 13°48′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Subdivisions	11 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–27)	Björn Langner
Area
• Total	135.67 km2 (52.38 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	7,407
• Density	54.60/km2 (141.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15752, 15754
Dialling codes	033763, 033767 ,033768
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	www.heidesee-online.de

Heidesee (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪdəzeː] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg, which is located in the eastern part of Germany.

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)

Heidesee: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	3,760	—
1890	4,176	+0.70%
1910	4,530	+0.41%
1925	4,745	+0.31%
1933	5,053	+0.79%
1939	5,532	+1.52%
1946	7,152	+3.74%
1950	7,235	+0.29%
1964	6,503	−0.76%
1971	6,403	−0.22%
1981	5,959	−0.72%
1985	5,828	−0.55%
1989	5,683	−0.63%
1990	5,655	−0.49%
1991	5,593	−1.10%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	5,550	−0.77%
1993	5,540	−0.18%
1994	5,717	+3.19%
1995	5,750	+0.58%
1996	5,906	+2.71%
1997	6,130	+3.79%
1998	6,554	+6.92%
1999	6,598	+0.67%
2000	6,777	+2.71%
2001	6,886	+1.61%
2002	6,947	+0.89%
2003	7,069	+1.76%
2004	7,021	−0.68%
2005	7,035	+0.20%
2006	7,078	+0.61%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	7,082	+0.06%
2008	7,041	−0.58%
2009	7,058	+0.24%
2010	7,039	−0.27%
2011	6,946	−1.32%
2012	6,903	−0.62%
2013	6,864	−0.56%
2014	6,828	−0.52%
2015	6,889	+0.89%
2016	7,071	+2.64%
2017	7,140	+0.98%
2018	7,140	+0.00%
2019	7,091	−0.69%
2020	7,163	+1.02%

Organization

Neighbourhoods

Heidesee consists of 11 villages, which were united to one town in 2003. These villages are:

• Bindow
• Blossin
• Dannenreich
• Dolgenbrodt
• Friedersdorf
• Gräbendorf
• Gussow
• Kolberg
• Prieros
• Streganz
• Wolzig

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the village Gräbendorf is used for entire town, since the unification in 2003. It shows an egret beside a leaf of an oak.

Culture and sights

Sights

• Heimathaus Prieros (small museum)
• church Prieros
• church Gräbendorf
• landing stage / harbour Heidesee
• Haus des Waldes (house of forest) Gräbendorf

Nature

• Wolziger See
• natural park Dahme-Heideseen
• landscape conservation area Dubrow