Perleberg

Perleberg
Perleberg
Town
	Town hall and St. James's church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Perleberg within Prignitz district
	Perleberg Perleberg
	Coordinates: 53°04′N 11°52′E / 53.067°N 11.867°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Subdivisions	12 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Axel Schmidt
Area
• Total	137.82 km2 (53.21 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	12,108
• Density	88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19348
Dialling codes	03876
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.stadt-perleberg.de

Perleberg (German: [ˈpɛʁləˌbɛʁk] ^ⓘ; North Margravian: Perlberg) is the capital of the district of Prignitz, located in the northwest of the German state of Brandenburg. The town received city rights in 1239^[3] and today^[when?] has about 12,000 inhabitants. Located in a mostly agricultural area, the town has a long history of troops (most notably Prussian) being stationed there and as an administrative center for local government.

^ Landkreis Prignitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 13 November 2022.
^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference StadtPerlebergGeschichte was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Landkreis Prignitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 13 November 2022.

[2] "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.

[StadtPerlebergGeschichte-3] Cite error: The named reference StadtPerlebergGeschichte was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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