Ortrand

Ortrand
Ortrand
Location of Ortrand within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°22′00″N 13°46′59″E / 51.36667°N 13.78306°E / 51.36667; 13.78306Coordinates: 51°22′00″N 13°46′59″E / 51.36667°N 13.78306°E / 51.36667; 13.78306
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc. Ortrand
Government
 • Mayor Niko Gebel (CDU)
Area
 • Total 7.34 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Elevation 110 m (360 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 2,138
 • Density 290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 01990
Dialling codes 035755
Vehicle registration OSL
Website www.stadt-ortrand.de

Ortrand is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Senftenberg, and 36 km north of Dresden.

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)
Ortrand: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[2]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 1,739—    
1890 1,793+0.20%
1910 2,054+0.68%
1925 2,288+0.72%
1933 2,416+0.68%
1939 2,574+1.06%
1946 3,268+3.47%
1950 3,259−0.07%
1964 3,143−0.26%
1971 3,152+0.04%
1981 3,049−0.33%
1985 3,070+0.17%
1989 2,946−1.03%
1990 2,839−3.63%
1991 2,846+0.25%
1992 2,802−1.55%
1993 2,776−0.93%
1994 2,744−1.15%
1995 2,739−0.18%
1996 2,740+0.04%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1997 2,721−0.69%
1998 2,716−0.18%
1999 2,680−1.33%
2000 2,634−1.72%
2001 2,601−1.25%
2002 2,570−1.19%
2003 2,539−1.21%
2004 2,544+0.20%
2005 2,504−1.57%
2006 2,430−2.96%
2007 2,370−2.47%
2008 2,316−2.28%
2009 2,295−0.91%
2010 2,265−1.31%
2011 2,257−0.35%
2012 2,213−1.95%
2013 2,196−0.77%
2014 2,164−1.46%
2015 2,154−0.46%
2016 2,144−0.46%

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Paul Lindau (1881-1945), sculptor
  • Lutz Heßlich (born 1959), track racing cyclist, Olympic champion 1980 and 1988
  • Gloria Siebert (born 1964), hurdler

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2017 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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