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{{Infobox German location
|name              = Liebenwalde
|type               = Stadt
|image_photo       = Kreuzbruch church.jpg
|image_caption     = Kreuzbruch church
|image_coa            = Wappen_Liebenwalde.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|52|N|13|24|E|format=dms|display=it}}
|image_plan          = Liebenwalde in OHV.png
|state        = Brandenburg
|district         = Oberhavel
|elevation              = 41
|area            = 142.17
|postal_code               = 16559
|area_code           = 033054
|licence               = OHV
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 65 193
|divisions         = 6 districts
|website           = [http://www.liebenwalde.de/ www.liebenwalde.de]
|mayor             = Jörn Lehmann<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12065000 Landkreis Oberhavel Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters], accessed 2 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;27
}}

'''Liebenwalde''' ({{IPA|de|ˌliːbn̩ˈvaldə|-|De-Liebenwalde.ogg}}) is a town in the [[Oberhavel]] district, in [[Brandenburg]], in north-eastern [[Germany]]. It is situated {{convert|16|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Oranienburg]], and {{convert|39|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Berlin]] (centre).

==History==
In 1319, the town was captured by [[Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg]], then in mid-1320 it was captured by [[Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania]], and recaptured by Henry II by the end of 1320.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rymar|first=Edward|year=1979|title=Rywalizacja o ziemię lubuską i kasztelanię międzyrzecką w latach 1319–1326, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem stosunków pomorsko-śląskch|journal=Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka|publisher=[[Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich]], Wydawnictwo [[Polish Academy of Sciences|Polskiej Akademii Nauk]]|location=Wrocław|language=pl|volume=XXXIV|issue=4|pages=477, 485–486}}</ref> Afterwards it passed to the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]], and from 1373 to 1415 it was part of the [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown|Lands of the Bohemian (Czech) Crown]].

In 2003, the administrative boundaries were expanded to include Freienhagen, Hammer, Kreuzbruch, Liebenthal and Neuholland.

== Demography ==
<gallery widths="250" heights="150">
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Liebenwalde.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 Liebenwalde.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 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
</gallery>

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Liebenwalde: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2020)<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 | 4152
| 1890 | 4806
| 1910 | 5314
| 1925 | 4659
| 1933 | 4937
| 1939 | 5236
| 1946 | 6716
| 1950 | 6797
| 1964 | 6089
| 1971 | 5848
| 1981 | 5354
| 1985 | 5189
| 1989 | 5134
| 1990 | 4997
| 1991 | 4883
| 1992 | 4814
| 1993 | 4719
| 1994 | 4709
| 1995 | 4741
| 1996 | 4736
| 1997 | 4693
| 1998 | 4686
| 1999 | 4670
| 2000 | 4670
| 2001 | 4692
| 2002 | 4672
| 2003 | 4661
| 2004 | 4608
| 2005 | 4582
| 2006 | 4548
| 2007 | 4497
| 2008 | 4458
| 2009 | 4390
| 2010 | 4334
| 2011 | 4275
| 2012 | 4229
| 2013 | 4191
| 2014 | 4198
| 2015 | 4261
| 2016 | 4277
| 2017 | 4284
| 2018 | 4296
| 2019 | 4309
| 2020 | 4368
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[File:Liebenwalde Zehdenicker 10.jpg|thumb|left|Zehdenicker Str.]]

{{Cities and towns in Oberhavel (district)}}

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[[Category:Localities in Oberhavel]]
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