Rüthnick

Rüthnick
Municipality
Location of Rüthnick within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
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Coordinates: 52°53′N 12°59′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Municipal assoc.	Lindow (Mark)
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Birgit Salzwedel
Area
• Total	17.66 km2 (6.82 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	439
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16835
Dialling codes	033926
Vehicle registration	OPR

Rüthnick is a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, 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)

Rüthnick: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 472 —     1890 436 −0.53% 1910 420 −0.19% 1925 451 +0.48% 1933 497 +1.22% 1939 515 +0.59% 1946 902 +8.34% 1950 767 −3.97% 1964 550 −2.35% 1971 486 −1.75% 1981 415 −1.57% 1985 419 +0.24% 1989 393 −1.59% 1990 375 −4.58% 1991 372 −0.80% 1992 365 −1.88% 1993 377 +3.29% 1994 435 +15.38% 1995 467 +7.36% 1996 487 +4.28%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 471 −3.29% 1998 490 +4.03% 1999 506 +3.27% 2000 495 −2.17% 2001 507 +2.42% 2002 516 +1.78% 2003 526 +1.94% 2004 518 −1.52% 2005 508 −1.93% 2006 491 −3.35% 2007 486 −1.02% 2008 485 −0.21% 2009 499 +2.89% 2010 497 −0.40% 2011 494 −0.60% 2012 495 +0.20% 2013 488 −1.41% 2014 472 −3.28% 2015 479 +1.48% 2016 489 +2.09%