Lychen

Not to be confused with Lichen.

Lychen
Church Church
Coat of arms of Lychen Coat of arms
Lychen
Location of Lychen within Uckermark district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Government
• Mayor	Sven Klemckow (Linkspartei)
Area
• Total	110.51 km2 (42.67 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	3,114
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	17279
Dialling codes	039888
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	www.lychen.de

Lychen (German pronunciation: [ˈlyːçən]), also known as raftsman city, is a town in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 kilometres (15 mi) southeast of Neustrelitz, and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Fürstenberg/Havel. This is the town where the thumbtack was created.

History

Previously, the timber rafting was one of the most important sectors of the economy. It was Timber joined together to rafts, and also transports other goods. Recalling there in Lychen a timber rafting museum, and tourists can travel by raft on the lake In 1903, Johann Kirsten invented here the flat-headed thumb tacks, and at the beginning of the 20th century there was some little factories of flat-headed thumb tacks.

Demography

• Bevölkerungsentwicklung Lychen.pdf

  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)

• Bevölkerungsprognosen Lychen.pdf

  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Lychen:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Population 1875 3 184 1890 3 359 1910 3 919 1925 4 828 1933 4 662 1939 5 261 1946 4 981 1950 5 053 1964 4 452 1971 4 490

Year Population 1981 4 205 1985 4 209 1989 4 118 1990 4 114 1991 4 060 1992 4 290 1993 4 299 1994 4 154 1995 4 122 1996 4 118

Year Population 1997 4 064 1998 4 073 1999 4 015 2000 3 966 2001 3 989 2002 3 967 2003 3 943 2004 3 943 2005 3 905 2006 3 805

Year Population 2007 3 729 2008 3 626 2009 3 571 2010 3 527 2011 3 257 2012 3 150 2013 3 114

Photogallery

• Lychen Stadtmauer.jpg

  City wall

• Lychen Oberpfuhl.jpg

  Lake Oberpfuhl

• Lychen Wurlflut.jpg

  Stream Wurlflut

• Timber Rafting Museum in Lychen.JPG

  Timber Rafting Museum

• Raft carrying tourists Lychen.JPG

  Raft carrying tourists to lake Oberpfuhl

See also

• Nesselpfuhl
• Oberpfuhl
• Wurlsee
• Zenssee