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{{distinguish|Lichen}}
{{Infobox German location
|type                = Stadt
|image_photo        = Lychen_St_Johannes.jpg
|image_caption      = Church of Saint John
|image_coa             = Wappen Lychen.png
|coordinates        = {{coord|53.203235|13.319617|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan           = Lychen in UM.png
|state         = Brandenburg
|district          = Uckermark
|elevation               = 60
|area             = 110.51
|postal_code                = 17279
|area_code            = 039888
|licence                = UM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 73 384
|divisions         = 4 [[Ortsteil]]e
|website           = [http://www.lychen.de/ www.lychen.de]
|mayor             = Karola Gundlach<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12073000 Landkreis Uckermark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 10 July 2024.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2024&ndash;32
}}
'''Lychen''' ({{IPA|de|ˈlyːçən}}), also known as ''Flößerstadt'' (raftsman city), is a town in the [[Uckermark]] district, in [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. It is situated {{convert|24|km|mi}} southeast of [[Neustrelitz]], and {{convert|12|km|mi}} east of [[Fürstenberg/Havel]]. This is the town where the [[thumbtack]] was created.

== History ==
Historically, [[timber rafting]] was one of the most important sectors of the economy. The timber was built into rafts and used for building projects, and was also used to transport other goods. Lychen has a timber rafting museum, and tourists can travel by raft on the lake.

[[thumbtack|Flat-headed thumbtacks]] were invented in Lychen in 1903 by Johann Kirsten. His invention is celebrated in a memorial.  At the beginning of the 20th century there were a number of small factories here manufacturing thumbtacks.

The [[Hohenlychen Sanatorium]] used by the [[Schutzstaffel]] during World War II, is located in the town.

== Demography ==
<gallery widths="250" heights="200">
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Lychen.pdf|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]])
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Lychen.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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
</gallery>

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Lychen: 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 | 3184
| 1890 | 3359
| 1910 | 3919
| 1925 | 4828
| 1939 | 5261
| 1950 | 5053
| 1964 | 4452
| 1971 | 4490
| 1981 | 4205
| 1985 | 4209
| 1990 | 4114
| 1995 | 4122
| 2000 | 3966
| 2005 | 3905
| 2010 | 3527
| 2015 | 3135
| 2016 | 3222
| 2017 | 3207
| 2018 | 3178
| 2019 | 3178
| 2020 | 3154
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Lychen_Stadtmauer.jpg|City wall
File:Lychen_Oberpfuhl.jpg|Lake Oberpfuhl
File:Lychen_Wurlflut.jpg|Stream Wurlflut
File:Timber Rafting Museum in Lychen.JPG|Timber Rafting Museum
File:Raft carrying tourists Lychen.JPG|Raft carrying tourists to lake Oberpfuhl
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Nesselpfuhl]]
*[[Oberpfuhl]]
*[[Wurlsee]]
*[[Zenssee]]

==References==
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