# Angermünde

Angermünde (German pronunciation: ) is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is about 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Berlin, the capital of Germany.
The population is about 14,000, but has been declining since its traditional industrial base, enamel-working, has declined. An administrative sub-centre of its district, it has several Protestant churches, a former Franciscan church, a number of schools of higher learning and a recently refurbished historic marketplace with an old town hall. Located in the game-filled forests of the Uckermark, with its many lakes, it now relies heavily on tourism and the sources of revenue linked to it.
Since 2010, Angermünde is a federally declared resort town.

## Name

The name Angermünde is an abbreviation of the older town of Tangermünde, for a while the town was named New-Tangermünde (Neu-Tangermünde), until it was changed to "Angermünde", with Anger being German for a central square in a town.

## Geography

Angermünde is located in the Uckermarck region, roughly 69 km north of Berlin. It is made up of the Inner City (German: Kernstadt), and 23 adjacent districts. The districts are: Altkünkendorf, Biesenbrow, Bölkendorf, Bruchhagen, Crussow, Dobberzin, Frauenhagen, Gellmersdorf, Görlsdorf, Greiffenberg, Günterberg, Herzsprung, Kerkow, Mürow, Neukünkendorf, Schmargendorf, Schmiedeberg, Steinhöfel, Stolpe, Welsow, Wilmersdorf, Wolletz, and Zuchenberg. In addition, there are 40 registered neighborhoods (German: Wohnplätze) within the districts. The registered neighborhood are: Altenhof, Augustenfelde, Ausbau, Ausbau Mürower Straße, Ausbau Pinnower Weg, Ausbau Welsower Weg, Bauernsee, Blumberger Mühle, Breitenteicher Mühle, Friedrichsfelde, Gehegemühle, Glambecker Mühle, Greiffenberg Siedlung, Grumsin, Henriettenhof, Klein Frauenhagen, Leistenhof, Leopoldsthal, Linde, Lindenhof, Louisenhof, Luisenthal, Mürow-Oberdorf, Neu-Günterberg, Neuhaus, Neuhof, Peetzig, Rosinthal, Schäferei, Sonnenhof, Sternfelde, Stolper Mühle, Thekenberg, Waldfried, Waldfrieden, Wilhelmsfelde, Wilhelmshof, Ziethenmühle, und Zollende. With an area of around 324 km$^2$, Angermünde was, as of 2020, Germany's 17th largest municipality.

## Climate

Climate data for Angermünde (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 14.6 (58.3) | 19.1 (66.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 3.7 (38.7) | 13.6 (56.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) | 1.3 (34.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.1 (48.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 14.3 (57.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.6 (40.3) | 1.6 (34.9) | 9.4 (48.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) | −1.7 (28.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 13.5 (56.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 9.6 (49.3) | 5.6 (42.1) | 2.0 (35.6) | −0.7 (30.7) | 5.2 (41.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.0 (1.50) | 28.9 (1.14) | 36.9 (1.45) | 27.2 (1.07) | 52.1 (2.05) | 54.2 (2.13) | 71.0 (2.80) | 57.8 (2.28) | 45.5 (1.79) | 38.0 (1.50) | 35.4 (1.39) | 37.1 (1.46) | 521.9 (20.55) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.5 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 16.3 | 161.6 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 8.8 | 8.5 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 30.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87.0 | 83.0 | 78.3 | 70.7 | 71.0 | 71.1 | 71.2 | 72.8 | 78.7 | 84.6 | 89.8 | 89.1 | 79.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 50.7 | 74.0 | 130.2 | 196.6 | 233.6 | 228.8 | 237.1 | 221.3 | 165.1 | 111.8 | 49.6 | 39.3 | 1,738.1 |
| Source: NOAA ||||||||||||||

## History

The town was the site of a 1420 victory of Frederick I of Brandenburg over the Pomeranians.
From 1815 to 1947, Angermünde was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. In the 19th century, the town was the seat of a Prussian circle in the Province of Brandenburg and linked to Berlin by the Berlin–Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) railway. Angermünde station then served as the junction for branch lines servicing Prenzlau, Bad Freienwalde, and Schwedt.
From 1947 to 1952, Angermünde was part of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany 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 in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
* 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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1875 | 16,460 | — |
| 1890 | 15,733 | −0.30% |
| 1910 | 16,545 | +0.25% |
| 1925 | 18,373 | +0.70% |
| 1939 | 18,139 | −0.09% |
| 1950 | 24,884 | +2.92% |
| 1964 | 22,204 | −0.81% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1971 | 21,037 | −0.77% |
| 1981 | 18,651 | −1.20% |
| 1985 | 18,110 | −0.73% |
| 1990 | 17,372 | −0.83% |
| 1995 | 16,488 | −1.04% |
| 2000 | 16,481 | −0.01% |
| 2005 | 15,276 | −1.51% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 2010 | 14,360 | −1.23% |
| 2015 | 13,805 | −0.79% |
| 2016 | 13,797 | −0.06% |
| 2017 | 13,837 | +0.29% |
| 2018 | 13,744 | −0.67% |
| 2019 | 13,757 | +0.09% |
| 2020 | 13,637 | −0.87% |

## Mayors

* 1989–1998: Wolf-Hugo Just
* 1998–2016: Wolfgang Krakow (SPD)
* since 2016: Frederik Bewer (independent)
Frederik Bewer was elected in May 2016 with 95.3% of the vote, for an eight-year term.

## Gallery

* City wall
* Touristinformation
* The lake Mündesee in Angermünde.
* Holy Spirit Chapel
* Timbered house
* City Church St. Mary
* Church in Schmiedeberg
* Alcove house in Schmiedeberg
* Alcove house in Schmiedeberg
* Fountain and sculptures by Christian Uhlig

## Sons and daughters of the town

* Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (1780–1856), German scholar
* Albert Manthe (1847–1928), sculptor
* Hermann Dietrich (1856–1930), born in Schmargendorf, politician (DNVP), member of Reichstag
* Ehm Welk (1884–1966), writer
* Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), Vice Admiral in World War II
* Günter Reimann (1904–2005), economist and journalist
* Heinrich Borgmann (1912–1945), adjutant of Adolf Hitler
* Hartmut Losch (1943–1997), athlete, European champion in discus throw
* Maik Heydeck (born 1965), boxer
* Julia Jäger (born 1970), actress

## Twin cities

* Espelkamp, North Rine-Westphalia
* Lüdge, North Rine-Westphalia
* Strzelce Krajeńskie, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
* Zurrieq, Malta