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Districts that have burned most often in Germany

Districts of Germany with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 21. With two or more: 12. Top of the list is Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab, which has burned 9 times in 3 years, with 2,463 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Neustadt a.d. WaldnaabBayern9×3 years · 2,463 ha
  2. 2Teltow-FlämingBrandenburg9×7 years · 2,168 ha
  3. 3Jerichower LandSachsen-Anhalt5×4 years · 628 ha
  4. 4Potsdam-MittelmarkBrandenburg4×3 years · 594 ha
  5. 5MeißenSachsen3×3 years · 2,727 ha
  6. 6EmslandNiedersachsen3×2 years · 1,541 ha
  7. 7Elbe-ElsterBrandenburg3×2 years · 707 ha
  8. 8HeidekreisNiedersachsen3×3 years · 555 ha
  9. 9Ostprignitz-RuppinBrandenburg3×3 years · 545 ha
  10. 10Ludwigslust-ParchimMecklenburg-Vorpommern2×2 years · 813 ha
  11. 11GothaThüringen2×2 years · 560 ha
  12. 12Mecklenburgische SeenplatteMecklenburg-Vorpommern2×1 year · 331 ha
  13. 13DürenNordrhein-Westfalen1×1 year · 338 ha
  14. 14StendalSachsen-Anhalt1×1 year · 228 ha
  15. 15Sächsische Schweiz-OsterzgebirgeSachsen1×1 year · 148 ha
  16. 16Spree-NeißeBrandenburg1×1 year · 133 ha
  17. 17Dahme-SpreewaldBrandenburg1×1 year · 131 ha
  18. 18Lüneburg, LandkreisNiedersachsen1×1 year · 110 ha
  19. 19BördeSachsen-Anhalt1×1 year · 76 ha
  20. 20NordsachsenSachsen1×1 year · 44 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1MeißenSachsen2,727 ha3× · 1.9 %
  2. 2Neustadt a.d. WaldnaabBayern2,463 ha9× · 1.7 %
  3. 3Teltow-FlämingBrandenburg2,168 ha9× · 1.0 %
  4. 4EmslandNiedersachsen1,541 ha3× · 0.5 %
  5. 5Ludwigslust-ParchimMecklenburg-Vorpommern813 ha2× · 0.2 %
  6. 6Elbe-ElsterBrandenburg707 ha3× · 0.4 %
  7. 7Jerichower LandSachsen-Anhalt628 ha5× · 0.4 %
  8. 8Potsdam-MittelmarkBrandenburg594 ha4× · 0.2 %
  9. 9GothaThüringen560 ha2× · 0.6 %
  10. 10HeidekreisNiedersachsen555 ha3× · 0.3 %
  11. 11Ostprignitz-RuppinBrandenburg545 ha3× · 0.2 %
  12. 12DürenNordrhein-Westfalen338 ha1× · 0.4 %
  13. 13Mecklenburgische SeenplatteMecklenburg-Vorpommern331 ha2× · 0.1 %
  14. 14StendalSachsen-Anhalt228 ha1× · 0.1 %
  15. 15Sächsische Schweiz-OsterzgebirgeSachsen148 ha1× · 0.1 %
  16. 16Spree-NeißeBrandenburg133 ha1× · 0.1 %
  17. 17Dahme-SpreewaldBrandenburg131 ha1× · 0.1 %
  18. 18Lüneburg, LandkreisNiedersachsen110 ha1× · 0.1 %
  19. 19BördeSachsen-Anhalt76 ha1× · 0.0 %
  20. 20NordsachsenSachsen44 ha1× · 0.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1MeißenSachsen1.9 %2,727 ha · 1,456 km²
  2. 2Neustadt a.d. WaldnaabBayern1.7 %2,463 ha · 1,427 km²
  3. 3Teltow-FlämingBrandenburg1.0 %2,168 ha · 2,099 km²
  4. 4GothaThüringen0.6 %560 ha · 934 km²
  5. 5EmslandNiedersachsen0.5 %1,541 ha · 2,881 km²
  6. 6Jerichower LandSachsen-Anhalt0.4 %628 ha · 1,586 km²
  7. 7Elbe-ElsterBrandenburg0.4 %707 ha · 1,896 km²
  8. 8DürenNordrhein-Westfalen0.4 %338 ha · 939 km²
  9. 9HeidekreisNiedersachsen0.3 %555 ha · 1,880 km²
  10. 10Potsdam-MittelmarkBrandenburg0.2 %594 ha · 2,587 km²
  11. 11Ostprignitz-RuppinBrandenburg0.2 %545 ha · 2,521 km²
  12. 12Ludwigslust-ParchimMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.2 %813 ha · 4,758 km²
  13. 13StendalSachsen-Anhalt0.1 %228 ha · 2,434 km²
  14. 14Sächsische Schweiz-OsterzgebirgeSachsen0.1 %148 ha · 1,651 km²
  15. 15Lüneburg, LandkreisNiedersachsen0.1 %110 ha · 1,325 km²
  16. 16Spree-NeißeBrandenburg0.1 %133 ha · 1,654 km²
  17. 17Mecklenburgische SeenplatteMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.1 %331 ha · 5,480 km²
  18. 18Dahme-SpreewaldBrandenburg0.1 %131 ha · 2,271 km²
  19. 19BördeSachsen-Anhalt0.0 %76 ha · 2,374 km²
  20. 20NordsachsenSachsen0.0 %44 ha · 2,026 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.