title: Wusterhausen
text: # Wusterhausen
  
  Wusterhausen (German pronunciation:; official name Wusterhausen/Dosse) is a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in northwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Dosse, 7 km southeast of Kyritz, and 75 km northwest of Berlin.
  
  ## History
  
  From 1815 to 1945, Wusterhausen was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Potsdam of East Germany.
  
  ## 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 | 8,144 | — |
  | 1890 | 8,151 | +0.01% |
  | 1910 | 7,673 | −0.30% |
  | 1925 | 7,912 | +0.20% |
  | 1939 | 7,619 | −0.27% |
  | 1950 | 11,550 | +3.85% |
  | 1964 | 8,590 | −2.09% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 1971 | 8,338 | −0.42% |
  | 1981 | 7,561 | −0.97% |
  | 1985 | 7,447 | −0.38% |
  | 1990 | 7,266 | −0.49% |
  | 1995 | 7,097 | −0.47% |
  | 2000 | 6,857 | −0.69% |
  | 2005 | 6,584 | −0.81% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 2010 | 6,227 | −1.11% |
  | 2015 | 6,013 | −0.70% |
  | 2016 | 5,955 | −0.96% |
  | 2017 | 5,885 | −1.18% |
  | 2018 | 5,807 | −1.33% |
  | 2019 | 5,761 | −0.79% |
  | 2020 | 5,755 | −0.10% |
  
  ## People
  
  * Dieter Helm (1941–2022), farmer and politician
  * Hermann Wagener (1815-1889), journalist and politician
  