The history of Wildau began with fisherman's families that settled by the Dahme River and then came to deliver sand, gravel and bricks from the region by boat to Berlin.
In the region around Wildau, numerous technology and business parks have been set up in recent years, with service industries, logistics centers, as well as energy and environmental technology companies. An engineering school founded in 1949, was an integral part of mechanical engineering in the region before 1990. In 1991 the federal state of Brandenburg founded the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau. In 2013 Wildau acquired the title of city and now is one of 113 other such small cities in 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)
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)
Wildau: Population development within the current boundaries (2017)
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1875
290
—
1890
311
+0.47%
1910
2,865
+11.74%
1925
4,347
+2.82%
1933
4,509
+0.46%
1939
5,664
+3.87%
1946
5,166
−1.31%
1950
5,501
+1.58%
1964
8,391
+3.06%
1971
8,122
−0.46%
1981
7,826
−0.37%
1985
7,506
−1.04%
1989
7,169
−1.14%
1990
7,089
−1.12%
1991
7,350
+3.68%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1992
7,403
+0.72%
1993
7,425
+0.30%
1994
7,405
−0.27%
1995
7,697
+3.94%
1996
8,131
+5.64%
1997
8,605
+5.83%
1998
9,120
+5.98%
1999
9,269
+1.63%
2000
9,352
+0.90%
2001
9,392
+0.43%
2002
9,378
−0.15%
2003
9,299
−0.84%
2004
9,432
+1.43%
2005
9,542
+1.17%
2006
9,642
+1.05%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
2007
9,819
+1.84%
2008
9,911
+0.94%
2009
9,906
−0.05%
2010
9,898
−0.08%
2011
9,731
−1.69%
2012
9,797
+0.68%
2013
9,878
+0.83%
2014
9,945
+0.68%
2015
9,978
+0.33%
2016
10,057
+0.79%
2017
10,093
+0.36%
2018
10,303
+2.08%
2019
10,404
+0.98%
2020
10,633
+2.20%
Personalities who are associated with the city
Walter Lehweß-Litzmann (1907–1986), Luftwaffe and NVA officer, later director of flight operations of Interflug, died in Wildau