Casekow

Casekow
Municipality
Train station
Coat of arms
Location of Casekow within Uckermark district
Casekow Casekow
Coordinates: 53°13′00″N 14°13′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Municipal assoc.	Gartz (Oder)
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Hans-Georg Goetzke
Area
• Total	94.10 km2 (36.33 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,869
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16306
Dialling codes	033331
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	www.gartz.de

Casekow is a municipality in the Uckermark district, in Germany.

Geography

The western border of the municipal area is formed by the river Randow, in the north the area of the small town of Penkun in Western Pomerania borders on Casekow. From the west the terrain rises from the Randowbruch over a forested terminal moraine (Blumberger Wald) by about 40 meters. Numerous small lakes and ponds lie in the depressions of the hilly area. The main village of Casekow lies on the Landgraben, which first flows northeast, turns southwest at Tantow and flows into the Westoder at Gartz (Oder). The nearest larger German town is Schwedt/Oder at a distance of about 20 km, the nearest larger Polish town is Szczecin.

Casekow is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Penkun to the north, Tantow and Gartz (Oder) to the northeast, Hohenselchow-Groß Pinnow to the east, Schwedt/Oder to the south, Zichow to the southwest, Gramzow to the west, and Randowtal to the northwest.

History

From 1648 to 1720, Casekow was part of Swedish Pomerania. From 1720 to 1945, it was part of the Prussian Province of Pomerania, from 1945 to 1952 of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 of Brandenburg.

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)

Casekow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 2,626 —     1890 2,619 −0.02% 1910 2,700 +0.15% 1925 3,362 +1.47% 1933 3,239 −0.46% 1939 3,349 +0.56% 1946 5,149 +6.34% 1950 5,159 +0.05% 1964 3,658 −2.43% 1971 3,540 −0.47% 1981 2,899 −1.98% 1985 2,788 −0.97% 1989 2,751 −0.33% 1990 2,728 −0.84% 1991 2,696 −1.17%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 3,011 +11.68% 1993 2,905 −3.52% 1994 2,684 −7.61% 1995 2,692 +0.30% 1996 2,654 −1.41% 1997 2,612 −1.58% 1998 2,576 −1.38% 1999 2,579 +0.12% 2000 2,535 −1.71% 2001 2,491 −1.74% 2002 2,517 +1.04% 2003 2,452 −2.58% 2004 2,404 −1.96% 2005 2,345 −2.45% 2006 2,260 −3.62%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 2,225 −1.55% 2008 2,200 −1.12% 2009 2,179 −0.95% 2010 2,166 −0.60% 2011 1,953 −9.83% 2012 1,941 −0.61% 2013 1,928 −0.67% 2014 1,908 −1.04% 2015 1,893 −0.79% 2016 1,894 +0.05% 2017 1,890 −0.21% 2018 1,918 +1.48% 2019 1,885 −1.72% 2020 1,870 −0.80%