Küstriner Vorland

Küstriner Vorland (literally "Küstrin's foreland") is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland.

Küstriner Vorland
Municipality
Fort Gorgast
Coat of arms
Location of Küstriner Vorland within Märkisch-Oderland district
Küstriner Vorland Küstriner Vorland
Coordinates: 52°34′06″N 14°36′35″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Municipal assoc.	Amt Golzow
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Werner Finger
Area
• Total	45.97 km2 (17.75 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,549
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15328
Dialling codes	033472
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.kuestriner-vorland.de

History

It was established on January 1, 1998, by the merger of Küstrin-Kietz with the villages of Gorgast and Manschnow. Küstriner Vorland is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Golzow.

The settlement of Küstrin-Kietz formed the western part of Küstrin which is now Polish Kostrzyn nad Odrą, until it was cut off by the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line in 1945. The town's quarters west of the Oder River then belonged to East Germany and were renamed Kietz in 1954. In a 1991 vote the inhabitants chose to readopt the historic denotation.

The incorporated village of Gorgast, once a commandry of the Order of Saint John, features a historic fort finished in 1889 in addition to the Küstrin fortification system and a park laid out according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2008 elections:

• IG Küstriner Vorland (Free Voters): 9
• The Left: 3
• Pro Zukunft (Free Voters): 1
• Evangelical parish: 1
• Independent: 2

Transport

The border crossing at Küstrin-Kietz is the eastern terminus of the Bundesstraße 1 federal highway from Aachen via Berlin. It is continued by the Polish national road No. 22 to Gorzów Wielkopolski and Elbląg.

Küstrin-Kietz as well as Gorgast also have access to local trains running on the former Prussian Eastern Railway from Berlin-Lichtenberg to Küstrin (Kostrzyn nad Odrą).

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)

Küstriner Vorland: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 3,973 —     1890 3,612 −0.63% 1910 2,985 −0.95% 1925 3,464 1.00% 1933 3,428 −0.13% 1939 3,575 0.70% 1946 3,761 0.73% 1950 4,293 3.36% 1964 3,913 −0.66% 1971 3,936 0.08% 1981 3,682 −0.66% 1985 3,658 −0.16% 1989 3,656 −0.01% 1990 3,630 −0.71% 1991 3,520 −3.03% 1992 3,481 −1.11% 1993 3,447 −0.98% 1994 3,425 −0.64% 1995 3,397 −0.82% 1996 3,357 −1.18%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 3,390 0.98% 1998 3,347 −1.27% 1999 3,328 −0.57% 2000 3,303 −0.75% 2001 3,225 −2.36% 2002 3,160 −2.02% 2003 3,096 −2.03% 2004 3,022 −2.39% 2005 2,992 −0.99% 2006 2,977 −0.50% 2007 2,905 −2.42% 2008 2,873 −1.10% 2009 2,848 −0.87% 2010 2,754 −3.30% 2011 2,640 −4.14% 2012 2,606 −1.29% 2013 2,598 −0.31% 2014 2,606 0.31% 2015 2,605 −0.04% 2016 2,546 −2.26%

External links

Media related to Küstriner Vorland at Wikimedia Commons