Planetal

Planetal
Municipality
Church of the former Teutonic order in Dahmsdorf quarter
Location of Planetal within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
Planetal Planetal
Coordinates: 52°07′00″N 12°40′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Municipal assoc.	Niemegk
Subdivisions	4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Karin Commichau
Area
• Total	42.52 km2 (16.42 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	914
• Density	21/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14806
Dialling codes	033841, 033843
Vehicle registration	PM
Website	www.amt-niemegk.de

Planetal is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Planetal were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Potsdam of East Germany. On 1 July 2002, the municipality of Planetal was formed by merging the municipalities of Dahnsdorf, Kranepuhl, Mörz and Locktow.

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)

Planetal: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,146 —     1890 1,117 −0.17% 1910 1,275 +0.66% 1925 1,273 −0.01% 1933 1,274 +0.01% 1939 1,220 −0.72% 1946 1,826 +5.93% 1950 1,728 −1.37% 1964 1,343 −1.78% 1971 1,334 −0.10% 1981 1,181 −1.21% 1985 1,170 −0.23% 1989 1,139 −0.67% 1990 1,117 −1.93% 1991 1,111 −0.54% 1992 1,096 −1.35% 1993 1,097 +0.09% 1994 1,106 +0.82% 1995 1,081 −2.26% 1996 1,059 −2.04%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,041 −1.70% 1998 1,061 +1.92% 1999 1,085 +2.26% 2000 1,086 +0.09% 2001 1,088 +0.18% 2002 1,077 −1.01% 2003 1,075 −0.19% 2004 1,082 +0.65% 2005 1,059 −2.13% 2006 1,059 +0.00% 2007 1,045 −1.32% 2008 1,035 −0.96% 2009 1,015 −1.93% 2010 987 −2.76% 2011 983 −0.41% 2012 974 −0.92% 2013 945 −2.98% 2014 952 +0.74% 2015 959 +0.74% 2016 956 −0.31%