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{{About|the district in Germany|other uses|Barnim (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox District DE
| name=Barnim
| state=Brandenburg
| image_flag=DEU Barnim Flag.svg
| image_coa=DEU Landkreis Barnim COA.svg
| capital=[[Eberswalde]]
| area=1,494
| Kreisschlüssel    = 12060
| district_admin    = Daniel Kurth
| admin_party       = SPD
| carsign= BAR, BER, EW
| url= [http://www.barnim.de/ www.barnim.de]
| map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1208}}
}}
'''Barnim''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbaʁnɪm|-|De-Barnim.ogg}}) is a district in [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) [[Poland]], the district of [[Märkisch-Oderland]], the city state of [[Berlin]] and the districts of [[Oberhavel]] and [[Uckermark]].

== History ==
The name "Barnim" emerged in the 13th century and was applied to a large forest region east of the [[Havel]] and north of the [[Spree (river)|Spree]] on the [[Barnim Plateau|homonymous plateau]], where noblemen used to hunt. The present district is roughly identical with, but somewhat smaller than this historical region.

The district was established in 1993 by merging the former districts of Bernau and [[Eberswalde]].

== Geography ==
Barnim extends from the [[Oder]] River to the outskirts of [[Berlin]]. The Oder River forms the eastern border. From here the [[Oder Havel Canal]] (connecting Oder and Havel) and the historical [[Finow Canal]] lead westwards to Eberswalde and beyond. The portions north of these artificial waterways are called [[Schorfheide]]. This is a forest region with several large lakes, e.g. '''[[Werbellinsee]]''' (8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), '''[[Grimnitzsee]]''' (8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) and '''[[Parsteiner See]]''' (10&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>). The Schorfheide is a [[UNESCO]] [[Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme|Biosphere Reserve]] and houses several rare animals like the [[white-tailed eagle]], [[greater spotted eagle]], [[osprey]], [[black stork]], [[European beaver]] and [[Eurasian otter]].

== Demography ==
<gallery widths="250" heights="200">
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Landkreis Barnim.pdf|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)
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Landkreis Barnim.pdf|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 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
</gallery>

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Landkreis Barnim: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2019)<ref>Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]</ref>
| 1875 | 74305
| 1890 | 85169
| 1910 | 106837
| 1925 | 115955
| 1933 | 133005
| 1939 | 154918
| 1946 | 154627
| 1950 | 159481
| 1964 | 153249
| 1971 | 155650
| 1981 | 156734
| 1985 | 156658
| 1989 | 153978
| 1990 | 150687
| 1991 | 148751
| 1992 | 148750
| 1993 | 149143
| 1994 | 150060
| 1995 | 151783
| 1996 | 154698
| 1997 | 159689
| 1998 | 163937
| 1999 | 167914
| 2000 | 170288
| 2001 | 171490
| 2002 | 172382
| 2003 | 173951
| 2004 | 175861
| 2005 | 176693
| 2006 | 177396
| 2007 | 177589
| 2008 | 177644
| 2009 | 176904
| 2010 | 176848
| 2011 | 172572
| 2012 | 173193
| 2013 | 173754
| 2014 | 174981
| 2015 | 177411
| 2016 | 179365
| 2017 | 180864
| 2018 | 182760
| 2019 | 185244
| 2020 | 187343
}}

== Coat of arms ==
[[File:DEU Barnim Banner.svg|thumb|right|150px|District banner of Barnim]]
The coat of arms of the district resembles the coat of arms of the former district Oberbarnim. The only difference is that the old one had a silver top half and a red bottom half, while the current one is split into four parts and in the right half exchanged red and silver. The eagle in the top half is the eagle of Brandenburg.

== Towns and municipalities ==
{{Imagemap Germany district BAR|Municipalities in BAR.png|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
! width=33% align=left|Amt-free towns
! width=33% align=left|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]]
! width=33% align=left|
|- valign=top
||
#[[Bernau bei Berlin]]
#[[Eberswalde]]
#[[Werneuchen]]
<br />
'''Amt-free municipalities'''
#[[Ahrensfelde]]
#[[Panketal]]
#[[Schorfheide (municipality)|Schorfheide]]
#[[Wandlitz]]
||
'''1.''' [[Amt Biesenthal-Barnim]]
#[[Biesenthal]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Breydin]]
#[[Marienwerder, Brandenburg|Marienwerder]]
#[[Melchow]]
#[[Rüdnitz]]
#[[Sydower Fließ]]

'''2.''' [[Amt Britz-Chorin-Oderberg]]
#[[Britz, Brandenburg|Britz]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Chorin]]
#[[Hohenfinow]]
#[[Liepe]]
#[[Lunow-Stolzenhagen]]
#[[Niederfinow]]
#[[Oderberg]]<sup>2</sup>
#[[Parsteinsee]]
||
'''3.''' [[Amt Joachimsthal|Joachimsthal (Schorfheide)]] 
#[[Althüttendorf]]
#[[Friedrichswalde]]
#[[Joachimsthal, Brandenburg|Joachimsthal]]<sup>1, 2</sup> 
#[[Ziethen, Brandenburg|Ziethen]]
|-
|colspan=3 align=center|<sup>1</sup>seat of the Amt; <sup>2</sup>town
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Barnim (district)|Barnim}}
{{commons category-inline|Landkreis Barnim|Barnim}}
* {{Official website|http://www.barnim.de/}} {{in lang|de}}

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