Dahme, Brandenburg

Dahme
Town
Town hall and post office
Coat of arms
Location of Dahme within Teltow-Fläming district
Location of Dahme
Dahme Location within Germany Dahme Location within Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51°52′00″N 13°25′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Teltow-Fläming
Municipal assoc.	Dahme/Mark
Subdivisions	13 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Thomas Willweber
Area
• Total	162.59 km2 (62.78 sq mi)
Elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	4,957
• Density	30.49/km2 (78.96/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15936
Dialling codes	035451
Vehicle registration	TF
Website	www.dahme.de

Dahme (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːmə] ^ⓘ; also: Dahme/Mark) is a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Dahme River, 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Luckenwalde, and 38 km (24 mi) west of Lübbenau.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Dahme was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Demography

• 
  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.)
• 
  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Dahme/Mark: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	8,674	—
1890	8,355	−0.25%
1910	8,976	+0.36%
1925	8,303	−0.52%
1933	8,009	−0.45%
1939	7,943	−0.14%
1946	10,840	+4.54%
1950	10,676	−0.38%
1964	8,756	−1.41%
1971	8,608	−0.24%
1981	7,610	−1.22%
1985	7,427	−0.61%
1989	7,271	−0.53%
1990	7,179	−1.27%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1991	7,036	−1.99%
1992	6,839	−2.80%
1993	6,745	−1.37%
1994	6,698	−0.70%
1995	6,680	−0.27%
1996	6,506	−2.60%
1997	6,496	−0.15%
1998	6,399	−1.49%
1999	6,279	−1.88%
2000	6,219	−0.96%
2001	6,165	−0.87%
2002	6,147	−0.29%
2003	6,035	−1.82%
2004	5,910	−2.07%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2005	5,790	−2.03%
2006	5,678	−1.93%
2007	5,583	−1.67%
2008	5,525	−1.04%
2009	5,412	−2.05%
2010	5,376	−0.67%
2011	5,288	−1.64%
2012	5,253	−0.66%
2013	5,194	−1.12%
2014	5,113	−1.56%
2015	5,073	−0.78%
2016	4,994	−1.56%
2017	4,930	−1.28%

Notable people

Hermann Hellriegel

• Karsten Greve (born 1946), an internationally renowned art dealer.
• Johannes Groenland (1824–1891), botanist and microscopist who worked for Vilmorin and was a professor of natural science in Dahme.
• Hermann Hellriegel (1831–1895), first head of the agricultural test station in Dahme from 1857 to 1873
• Max Jacob (1849–1921), architect
• Roswitha Krause (born 1949), swimmer and handball player
• Günther Marks (1897–1978), church musician and composer; lecturer for organ play and church music at the evangelical seminar in Dahme
• Otto Unverdorben (1806–1873), discoverer of the Aniline
• Birgit Vanderbeke (1956–2021), writer