Neupetershain

Neupetershain
Location of Neupetershain within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Neupetershain
Neupetershain
Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 14°10′00″E / 51.60000°N 14.16667°E / 51.60000; 14.16667
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.Altdöbern
Government
 • Mayor (2024–29) Marita Theile[1]
Area
 • Total
18.71 km2 (7.22 sq mi)
Elevation
124 m (407 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
1,212
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
03103
Dialling codes035751
Vehicle registrationOSL

Neupetershain (Sorbian languages: Nowe Wiki, pronounced [ˈnɔwɛ ˈwʲikʲi]) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Neupetershain was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Demography

Neupetershain: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 562—    
1890 603+0.47%
1910 2,557+7.49%
1925 2,862+0.75%
1933 3,085+0.94%
1939 3,238+0.81%
1946 3,657+1.75%
1950 3,822+1.11%
1964 3,060−1.58%
1971 2,843−1.05%
1981 2,401−1.68%
1985 2,266−1.44%
1989 2,176−1.01%
1990 2,105−3.26%
1991 2,019−4.09%
1992 2,000−0.94%
1993 1,990−0.50%
1994 1,961−1.46%
1995 1,940−1.07%
1996 1,874−3.40%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1997 1,849−1.33%
1998 1,846−0.16%
1999 1,851+0.27%
2000 1,827−1.30%
2001 1,797−1.64%
2002 1,717−4.45%
2003 1,670−2.74%
2004 1,642−1.68%
2005 1,613−1.77%
2006 1,553−3.72%
2007 1,515−2.45%
2008 1,473−2.77%
2009 1,464−0.61%
2010 1,433−2.12%
2011 1,372−4.26%
2012 1,314−4.23%
2013 1,277−2.82%
2014 1,246−2.43%
2015 1,254+0.64%
2016 1,229−1.99%

References

  1. ^ Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2023] (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2022)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburglanguage=German.
  3. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons