title: Letschin
text: # Letschin
  
  Letschin is a municipality in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.
  
  The municipality has ten subdivisions:
  
  | Gieshof-Zelliner Loose Gross Neuendorf Kiehnwerder Kienitz Letschin Neubarnim | Ortwig Sietzing Sophienthal Steintoch |
  | - | - |
  
  ## 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)
  * 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 | 13,357 | — |
  | 1890 | 11,550 | −0.96% |
  | 1910 | 10,551 | −0.45% |
  | 1925 | 10,413 | −0.09% |
  | 1939 | 9,470 | −0.68% |
  | 1950 | 10,311 | +0.78% |
  | 1964 | 8,299 | −1.54% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 1971 | 7,883 | −0.73% |
  | 1981 | 6,480 | −1.94% |
  | 1985 | 6,275 | −0.80% |
  | 1990 | 6,133 | −0.46% |
  | 1995 | 5,588 | −1.84% |
  | 2000 | 5,332 | −0.93% |
  | 2005 | 4,785 | −2.14% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 2010 | 4,329 | −1.98% |
  | 2015 | 4,035 | −1.40% |
  | 2016 | 4,003 | −0.79% |
  | 2017 | 3,967 | −0.90% |
  | 2018 | 3,987 | +0.50% |
  | 2019 | 3,975 | −0.30% |
  | 2020 | 3,978 | +0.08% |
  
  ## People
  
  * Katja Havemann (born 1947), civil right activists and author
  