Gransee

Gransee
Municipality
City gate
Coat of arms
Location of Gransee within Oberhavel district
Location of Gransee
Gransee Location within Germany Gransee Location within Brandenburg
Coordinates: 53°00′25″N 13°09′31″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Municipal assoc.	Gransee und Gemeinden
Subdivisions	13 districts
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Andreas Hirtzel (CDU)
Area
• Total	121.68 km2 (46.98 sq mi)
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	5,868
• Density	48.22/km2 (124.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16775
Dialling codes	03306
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.gransee.de

Gransee (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁanˌzeː] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 20 km south of Fürstenberg/Havel, and 55 km northwest of Berlin. An important monument in the centre of town is the cast-iron and stone Memorial to Queen Luise (Luisendenkmal), which was designed by the German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the neo-gothic style.

A sport airfield is situated in the eastern part of the town. It is one of the major drop zones in the vicinity of Berlin.

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)

Gransee: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	5,656	—
1890	6,223	+0.64%
1910	6,283	+0.05%
1925	6,377	+0.10%
1933	6,470	+0.18%
1939	6,980	+1.27%
1946	9,740	+4.87%
1950	9,225	−1.35%
1964	8,038	−0.98%
1971	7,890	−0.27%
1981	7,797	−0.12%
1985	7,692	−0.34%
1989	7,522	−0.56%
1990	7,488	−0.45%
1991	7,304	−2.46%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	7,216	−1.20%
1993	7,129	−1.21%
1994	7,069	−0.84%
1995	6,998	−1.00%
1996	6,946	−0.74%
1997	7,010	+0.92%
1998	6,921	−1.27%
1999	6,855	−0.95%
2000	6,866	+0.16%
2001	6,750	−1.69%
2002	6,610	−2.07%
2003	6,578	−0.48%
2004	6,511	−1.02%
2005	6,405	−1.63%
2006	6,391	−0.22%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	6,261	−2.03%
2008	6,125	−2.17%
2009	6,051	−1.21%
2010	5,974	−1.27%
2011	5,926	−0.80%
2012	5,816	−1.86%
2013	5,721	−1.63%
2014	5,717	−0.07%
2015	5,814	+1.70%
2016	5,895	+1.39%
2017	5,896	+0.02%
2018	5,871	−0.42%
2019	5,895	+0.41%
2020	5,849	−0.78%

Local council

The local council has 19 members:

• Christian Democratic Union: 5 seats
• Social Democratic Party of Germany: 5 seats
• The Left: 3 seats
• Voters association Gransee: 3 seats
• Voters association Citizens for Gransee: 2 seats
• Mayor: 1 seat

Local elections in Brandenburg May 25, 2014

Photogallery

• 
  Watch tower
• 
  St. Mary's Church in Gransee
• 
  Church in Altlüdersdorf
• 
  Church in Dannenwalde
• 
  Queen Louise memorial in Seilershof

• 
  Meseberg palace
• 
  Manor in Wentow
• 
  Manor in Dannenwalde
• 
  Manor in Dannenwalde

People

• Erdmann Copernicus (died 1573), German scholar, not related to the astronomer
• Emma Trosse (1863-1949), German teacher and poet
• Maria Emelie Snethlage (1868-1929), German-born Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist who worked on the bird fauna of the Amazon
• Heinz Barth (1920-2007), Waffen-SS officer and convicted war criminal responsible for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre

See also

• Battle of Gransee (1316)
• Gransee und Gemeinden