Wusterhausen
# 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
