Schorfheide (municipality)

Schorfheide
Coat of arms
Schorfheide
Location of Schorfheide within Barnim district
Coordinates: 52°54′N 13°31′E / 52.900°N 13.517°E / 52.900; 13.517Coordinates: 52°54′N 13°31′E / 52.900°N 13.517°E / 52.900; 13.517
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Government
• Mayor	Uwe Schoknecht (Free Voters)
Area
• Total	236.79 km2 (91.43 sq mi)
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	9,908
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16230, 16244, 16348
Dialling codes	03334, 03335
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	Official site (in German)

Schorfheide is a municipality in the Barnim district of Brandenburg, Germany. It was established in 2003 by the merger of Finowfurt and Groß Schönebeck.

Schorfheide further comprises the villages of Altenhof, Böhmerheide, Eichhorst, Klandorf, Lichterfelde, Schluft and Werbellin. It is situated immediately west of the district's capital Eberswalde and about 40 km (25 mi) northeast of the Berlin city centre. Schorfheide is the largest municipality of Barnim by area. Large parts belong to the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve.

In the 13th century the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg built a castle at the southern end of the Werbellinsee. In 1879 Prince Charles of Prussia had the Ascania Tower erected at the site. Groß Schönebeck houses a hunting lodge erected from 1680 on the behest of the Brandenburg Elector Frederick William I of Hohenzollern, tody a museum. From 1950 until 1989 Altenhof was the site of the Pionierrepublik Wilhelm Pieck, a large camp of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation.

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