Rüdnitz

Rüdnitz
Municipality
Location of Rüdnitz within Barnim district
Location of Rüdnitz
Rüdnitz Location within Germany Rüdnitz Location within Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°43′00″N 13°37′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Municipal assoc.	Biesenthal-Barnim
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Andreas Hoffmann
Area
• Total	13.92 km2 (5.37 sq mi)
Elevation	61 m (200 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	2,133
• Density	153.2/km2 (396.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16321
Dialling codes	03338
Vehicle registration	BAR

Rüdnitz (German pronunciation: [ˈʁyːdnɪts] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Barnim in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Rüdnitz was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the East German Bezirk Frankfurt and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

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)

Rüdnitz: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	408	—
1890	400	−0.13%
1910	769	+3.32%
1925	708	−0.55%
1933	755	+0.81%
1939	888	+2.74%
1946	1,088	+2.94%
1950	1,188	+2.22%
1964	1,167	−0.13%
1971	1,327	+1.85%
1981	1,225	−0.80%
1985	1,123	−2.15%
1989	1,084	−0.88%
1990	1,057	−2.49%
1991	1,055	−0.19%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	1,040	−1.42%
1993	1,069	+2.79%
1994	1,171	+9.54%
1995	1,337	+14.18%
1996	1,509	+12.86%
1997	1,637	+8.48%
1998	1,768	+8.00%
1999	1,777	+0.51%
2000	1,811	+1.91%
2001	1,906	+5.25%
2002	1,976	+3.67%
2003	1,923	−2.68%
2004	1,882	−2.13%
2005	1,822	−3.19%
2006	1,790	−1.76%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	1,767	−1.28%
2008	1,800	+1.87%
2009	1,839	+2.17%
2010	1,899	+3.26%
2011	1,927	+1.47%
2012	1,945	+0.93%
2013	1,955	+0.51%
2014	1,967	+0.61%
2015	1,980	+0.66%
2016	1,925	−2.78%
2017	1,983	+3.01%
2018	1,972	−0.55%
2019	1,989	+0.86%
2020	2,032	+2.16%

Personalities

• Friedrich von Bodelschwingh (1831-1910), pastor, founded the first dwelling Hoffnungstal Foundation Lobetal in Rüdnitz in 1905
• Kurt Kretschmann (1914-2007), conservationist, lived in time in Rüdnitz