Kotzen

Kotzen
Location of Kotzen within Havelland district
BrieselangDallgow-DöberitzFalkenseeFriesackGollenbergGroßderschauHavelaueKetzinKleßen-GörneKotzenMärkisch LuchMilower LandMühlenbergeNauenNennhausenPaulinenauePessinPremnitzRathenowRetzowRhinowSchönwalde-GlienSeeblickStechow-FerchesarWiesenaueWustermarkBrandenburg
Kotzen is located in Germany
Kotzen
Kotzen
Kotzen is located in Brandenburg
Kotzen
Kotzen
Coordinates: 52°37′59″N 12°31′00″E / 52.63306°N 12.51667°E / 52.63306; 12.51667
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictHavelland
Municipal assoc.Nennhausen
Subdivisions4 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2024–29) Jan-Peer Michalek[1]
Area
 • Total42.73 km2 (16.50 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total631
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
14715
Dialling codes033874
Vehicle registrationHVL
Websitewww.amt-nennhausen.de

Kotzen is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Demography

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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)
Kotzen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 965—    
1890 951−0.10%
1910 924−0.14%
1925 1,002+0.54%
1933 878−1.64%
1939 814−1.25%
1946 1,352+7.52%
1950 1,368+0.29%
1964 953−2.55%
1971 950−0.05%
1981 763−2.17%
1985 798+1.13%
1989 733−2.10%
1990 724−1.23%
1991 697−3.73%
1992 702+0.72%
1993 667−4.99%
1994 659−1.20%
1995 650−1.37%
1996 653+0.46%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1997 653+0.00%
1998 659+0.92%
1999 664+0.76%
2000 640−3.61%
2001 642+0.31%
2002 659+2.65%
2003 650−1.37%
2004 644−0.92%
2005 651+1.09%
2006 643−1.23%
2007 629−2.18%
2008 614−2.38%
2009 631+2.77%
2010 590−6.50%
2011 588−0.34%
2012 582−1.02%
2013 577−0.86%
2014 571−1.04%
2015 585+2.45%
2016 600+2.56%

Translation

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Since one English translation of the German verb "kotzen" is "to vomit", the town was jokingly[original research?] incorrectly referred to in Ripley's Believe It or Not! under the title "Barfburg". More prosaically the name probably comes from the Slavonic-German noun "Kotzen" which means market place, as per the Theater an der Kotzen, Divadlo v Kotcích in Prague.

Personalities

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Explorer Karl Klaus von der Decken was born in Kotzen in 1833.

References

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  1. ^ Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
  3. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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The dictionary definition of kotzen at Wiktionary