It is located near the southeastern Berlin city limits on the western shore of the Dahme River and the Zeuthener See. It borders Eichwalde in the north, Schulzendorf and Schönefeld in the west, Wildau and Königs Wusterhausen in the south, as well as the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick (Schmöckwitz locality) on the eastern shore of Zeuthener See, where the municipal area also includes the Miersdorfer Werder exclave. The four municipalities of Zeuthen, Eichwalde, Wildau and Schulzendorf form a coherently built-up suburban area.
Probably of Slavic origin like many Brandenburg settlements, Zeuthen with neighbouring Miersdorf and Gersdorf was first mentioned in the 1375 Landbuch (domesday book) written at the behest of the Luxembourg emperor Charles IV, who had acquired the margraviate from the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach two years before.
Devastated in the Thirty Years' War and with a population of only 122 still in 1860, the rapid development of the former village on the riverside to a coveted suburban residential area began with the building of the railway line to Görlitz shortly afterwards and the rise of Berlin as capital of the German Empire in 1871. Zeuthen station was inaugurated on 1 November 1897. Neighbouring Miersdorf was merged into the Zeuthen municipality in 1957.
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 and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
Zeuthen: Population development within the current boundaries (2017)[3]
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1875
372
—
1890
590
+3.12%
1910
1,553
+4.96%
1925
2,620
+3.55%
1933
5,249
+9.07%
1939
8,358
+8.06%
1946
8,730
+0.62%
1950
9,624
+2.47%
1964
9,078
−0.42%
1971
9,121
+0.07%
1981
8,610
−0.57%
1985
8,236
−1.10%
1989
7,979
−0.79%
1990
7,860
−1.49%
1991
7,738
−1.55%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1992
7,696
−0.54%
1993
7,652
−0.57%
1994
7,794
+1.86%
1995
7,923
+1.66%
1996
8,056
+1.68%
1997
8,171
+1.43%
1998
8,665
+6.05%
1999
9,005
+3.92%
2000
9,375
+4.11%
2001
9,646
+2.89%
2002
9,831
+1.92%
2003
9,959
+1.30%
2004
10,094
+1.36%
2005
10,219
+1.24%
2006
10,377
+1.55%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
2007
10,344
−0.32%
2008
10,272
−0.70%
2009
10,290
+0.18%
2010
10,400
+1.07%
2011
10,574
+1.67%
2012
10,693
+1.13%
2013
10,811
+1.10%
2014
10,993
+1.68%
2015
11,106
+1.03%
2016
11,270
+1.48%
2017
11,297
+0.24%
2018
11,381
+0.74%
2019
11,427
+0.40%
2020
11,355
−0.63%
Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeindevertretung) as of 2008 elections
