Chorin

For a list of people with the surname, see Chorin (surname).

Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany

Chorin

Municipality

Brick Gothic Chorin Abbey

Location of Chorin within Barnim district

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Coordinates: 52°54′N 13°52′E﻿ / ﻿52.900°N 13.867°E﻿ / 52.900; 13.867
Country| Germany
State| Brandenburg
District| Barnim
Municipal assoc.| Britz-Chorin-Oderberg
Subdivisions| 7 Ortsteile
Government

• Mayor (2019-24) | Martin Horst[1] (CDU)
Area

• Total

| 121.62 km2 (46.96 sq mi)
Elevation

| 55 m (180 ft)
Population

(2023-12-31)[2]

• Total

| 2,180
• Density| 18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

16230

Dialling codes| 033366
Vehicle registration| BAR
Website| www.britz-chorin.de

Chorin (German pronunciation: [ˈkoːʁɪn]) is a municipality in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg, Germany. It is most famous for its cloister and for being situated within the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve. It is famous for its medieval Brick Gothic Chorin Abbey and the Choriner Musiksommer music festival held there.

## History

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From 1815 to 1947, Chorin was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

## 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) Chorin: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[3]| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1875 | 3,743| —
1890 | 3,757| +0.02%
1910 | 3,493| −0.36%
1925 | 3,532| +0.07%
1933 | 3,466| −0.24%
1939 | 3,559| +0.44%
1946 | 4,324| +2.82%
1950 | 4,245| −0.46%
1964 | 3,372| −1.63%
1971 | 3,186| −0.81%
1981 | 2,633| −1.89%
1985 | 2,497| −1.32%
1989 | 2,457| −0.40%
1990 | 2,415| −1.71%
1991 | 2,407| −0.33%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1992 | 2,456| +2.04%
1993 | 2,478| +0.90%
1994 | 2,532| +2.18%
1995 | 2,568| +1.42%
1996 | 2,615| +1.83%
1997 | 2,632| +0.65%
1998 | 2,617| −0.57%
1999 | 2,629| +0.46%
2000 | 2,615| −0.53%
2001 | 2,598| −0.65%
2002 | 2,582| −0.62%
2003 | 2,596| +0.54%
2004 | 2,605| +0.35%
2005 | 2,569| −1.38%
2006 | 2,530| −1.52%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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2007 | 2,510| −0.79%
2008 | 2,508| −0.08%
2009 | 2,430| −3.11%
2010 | 2,381| −2.02%
2011 | 2,326| −2.31%
2012 | 2,290| −1.55%
2013 | 2,275| −0.66%
2014 | 2,281| +0.26%
2015 | 2,265| −0.70%
2016 | 2,290| +1.10%
2017 | 2,318| +1.22%
2018 | 2,339| +0.91%
2019 | 2,332| −0.30%
2020 | 2,359| +1.16%

## See also

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* Amtssee

## References

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1. ^ Landkreis Barnim Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 30 June 2021.
2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2023] (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2022)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburglanguage=German.
3. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

## External links

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Media related to Chorin at Wikimedia Commons

* Chorin at britz-chorin-oderberg.de (German infopage)
* www.Kloster-Chorin.info (German website about Chorin Abbey)

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Towns and municipalities in Barnim district

* Ahrensfelde
* Althüttendorf
* Bernau bei Berlin
* Biesenthal
* Breydin
* Britz
* Chorin
* Eberswalde
* Friedrichswalde
* Hohenfinow
* Joachimsthal
* Liepe
* Lunow-Stolzenhagen
* Marienwerder
* Melchow
* Niederfinow
* Oderberg
* Panketal
* Parsteinsee
* Rüdnitz
* Schorfheide
* Sydower Fließ
* Wandlitz
* Werneuchen
* Ziethen

Coat of Arms of Barnim district

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Other|

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