# Perleberg > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Perleberg > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Perleberg.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perleberg > Source revision: 1355229126 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Perleberger_Rathaus_und_Kirche.JPG |image_caption = Town hall and St. James's church |image_coa = DE-BB 12-0-70-296 Perleberg COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|53|04|N|11|52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Perleberg in PR.png |plantext = |state = Brandenburg |district = Prignitz |elevation = 31 |area = 138.69 |postal_code = 19348 |area_code = 03876 |licence = PR |Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 70 296 |divisions = 12 [Ortsteil](/source/Ortsteil)e |website = [https://www.stadt-perleberg.de/ www.stadt-perleberg.de] |mayor = Axel Schmidt[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12070000 Landkreis Prignitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116081652/https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12070000 |date=2022-01-16 }}, accessed 13 November 2022. |leader_term = 2022–30 |party =[Independent](/source/Independent_politician) }} '''Perleberg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpɛʁləˌbɛʁk|lang|De-Perleberg2.ogg}}; North [Margravian](/source/Brandenburgisch_dialect): ''Perlberg'') is the capital of the district of [Prignitz](/source/Prignitz), located in the northwest of the [German](/source/Germany) state of [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg). The town received [city rights](/source/German_town_law) in 1239 and as of 2022 has about 12,000 inhabitants. Located in a mostly agricultural area, the town has a long history of troops (most notably [Prussia](/source/Prussia)n) being stationed there and as an administrative center for local government. ==Geography== [[Image:Roland Perleberg.JPG|upright|thumb|left|16th century [Roland statue](/source/Roland_(statue))]] Perleberg is located in the heart of the district of Prignitz, about halfway between the two largest German cities Berlin and Hamburg. It is surrounded by the municipalities [Karstädt](/source/Karst%C3%A4dt) to the north-west, [Gross Pankow (Prignitz)](/source/Gross_Pankow_(Prignitz)) to the north-east, [Plattenburg](/source/Plattenburg) to the south-east; the ''[Ämter](/source/Amt_(country_subdivision))'' [Bad Wilsnack/Weisen](/source/Bad_Wilsnack%2FWeisen) in the south, [Lenzen-Elbtalaue](/source/Lenzen-Elbtalaue) in the west; and the town of [Wittenberge](/source/Wittenberge) to the south-west. The [Stepenitz](/source/Stepenitz_(Elbe)) flows from northeast to southwest through Perleberg. The town's historic center is built on an island between two arms of the river. ==History== {{stack|thumb|upright|The oldest house of Perleberg}} One of the town's oldest buildings is St James's Church. First mentioned in 1294, it was frequently altered and extensively remodelled in the 1850s. In [German](/source/German_language), it is called the ''Jakobikirche'', and therefore sometimes mistakenly called ''St Jacob's'' in English. In the 14th century the town was at its height as part of the [Hanseatic League](/source/Hanseatic_League). In 1523 it was the muster point for an army assembled by [Elector Joachim I](/source/Joachim_I_Nestor%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg) in support of his brother-in-law [Christian II of Denmark](/source/Christian_II_of_Denmark)'s attempt to recover his throne. The [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War) caused serious damage to the town: of 3,500 inhabitants, only 300 survived. The mayor responsible for rebuilding the town after this period was Georg Krusemarck. On November 25, 1809, [Benjamin Bathurst](/source/Benjamin_Bathurst_(diplomat)) disappeared in Perleberg. Later accounts of the incident exaggerated the circumstances to such an extent that the disappearance is sometimes claimed to have been caused by [paranormal phenomena](/source/paranormal_phenomena). == Demography == File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Perleberg.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](/source/Nazi_Germany); Red Background: Time of communist [East Germany](/source/East_Germany)) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Perleberg.pdf|Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the [Census in Germany](/source/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) {{historical populations |align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr |title = Perleberg: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)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] | 1875 | 10311 | 1890 | 10013 | 1910 | 12161 | 1925 | 12882 | 1939 | 14845 | 1950 | 17414 | 1964 | 15983 | 1971 | 16193 | 1981 | 16078 | 1985 | 15736 | 1990 | 15032 | 1995 | 14596 | 2000 | 13907 | 2005 | 13094 | 2010 | 12332 | 2015 | 12204 | 2016 | 12367 | 2017 | 12317 | 2018 | 12141 | 2019 | 12065 | 2020 | 12035 }} ==Twin towns and sister cities== Perleberg is [twinned](/source/Sister_city) with: *{{flagicon|GER}} [Kaarst](/source/Kaarst), Germany *{{flagicon|POL}} [Szczawnica](/source/Szczawnica), Poland == People == thumb|upright=0.6|Lotte Lehmann * [Lotte Lehmann](/source/Lotte_Lehmann), born here * [Dörte von Westernhagen](/source/D%C3%B6rte_von_Westernhagen), born here * [Ernst Ehrenbaum](/source/Ernst_Ehrenbaum) (1861–1942), biologist * [James Broh](/source/James_Broh) (1867–1942), lawyer, publicist and politician * [Karl Schabrod](/source/Karl_Schabrod) (1900–1981), German politician ==References== {{Reflist|refs= {{cite web |url=https://www.stadt-perleberg.de/seite/703/geschichte.html |title=Geschichte |work=Official website of Perleberg |publisher=Stadt Perleberg |language=de |access-date=18 July 2011}} {{cite web |url=https://www.stadt-perleberg.de/texte/seite.php?id=52696 |title=Liebenswerte Stadt im Herzen der Prignitz |work=Official website of Perleberg |publisher=Stadt Perleberg |language=de |access-date=8 April 2011}} {{cite web |url=http://prlbr.de/2011/05/perleberger-reimchronik/06 |title=Die St. Jacobykirche |work=Perleberger Reimchronik |author=Höpfner, August |language=de |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910035747/http://prlbr.de/2011/05/perleberger-reimchronik/06 |url-status=dead }} {{cite web |url=http://www.kirchenkreis-prignitz.de/st-jacobi-kirche.html |title=St. Jacobi Kirche |work=kirchenkreis-prignitz.de |publisher= Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Perleberg-Wittenberge |language=de |access-date=18 July 2011}} {{Cite news |last=Dash |first=Mike |title=The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst |newspaper=[Fortean Times](/source/Fortean_Times) |pages=40–44 |issue=54 |year=1990 |url=http://www.mikedash.com/assets/files/The%20Disappearance%20of%20Benjamin%20B.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714093029/http://www.mikedash.com/assets/files/The%20Disappearance%20of%20Benjamin%20B.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-14 }} }} ==External links== {{commons category-inline}} {{Cities and towns in Prignitz (district)}} {{Authority control}} Category:Localities in Prignitz Category:Members of the Hanseatic League --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Perleberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perleberg) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perleberg?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.