Chorin

Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany

(2019–24) Martin Horst^[1] (CDU)Area • Total121.62 km² (46.96 sq mi)Elevation55 m (180 ft)Population • Total2,342 • Density19/km² (50/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes033366Vehicle registrationBARWebsitewww.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

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

Chorin: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 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. 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. 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

• Amtssee

References

External links

Media related to Chorin at Wikimedia Commons

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