Schipkau

Schipkau

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Schipkau
Location of Schipkau within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°31′00″N 13°52′59″E / 51.51667°N 13.88306°E / 51.51667; 13.88306Coordinates: 51°31′00″N 13°52′59″E / 51.51667°N 13.88306°E / 51.51667; 13.88306
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Government
  Mayor Klaus Prietzel
Area
  Total 72.91 km2 (28.15 sq mi)
Elevation 109 m (358 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
  Total 6,800
  Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 01993
Dialling codes 035754
Vehicle registration OSL
Website www.gemeinde-schipkau.de

Schipkau is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography

The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden.

Schipkau counts 5 civil parishes (Ortsteile): Annahütte, Drochow, Hörlitz, Klettwitz and Meuro.

Demography

Schipkau: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[2]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 2,807    
1890 4,569+3.30%
1910 11,921+4.91%
1925 12,980+0.57%
1933 13,276+0.28%
1939 13,218−0.07%
1946 14,193+1.02%
1950 13,992−0.36%
1964 11,614−1.32%
1971 11,017−0.75%
1981 9,257−1.73%
1985 8,857−1.10%
1989 9,973+3.01%
1990 9,807−1.66%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1991 9,486−3.27%
1992 9,352−1.41%
1993 9,260−0.98%
1994 9,430+1.84%
1995 9,518+0.93%
1996 9,416−1.07%
1997 9,307−1.16%
1998 9,116−2.05%
1999 8,925−2.10%
2000 8,659−2.98%
2001 8,350−3.57%
2002 8,176−2.08%
2003 8,026−1.83%
2004 7,808−2.72%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2005 7,605−2.60%
2006 7,535−0.92%
2007 7,466−0.92%
2008 7,395−0.95%
2009 7,442+0.64%
2010 7,357−1.14%
2011 7,088−3.66%
2012 7,017−1.00%
2013 6,915−1.45%
2014 6,837−1.13%
2015 6,813−0.35%
2016 6,764−0.72%
2017 6,800+0.53%

Sport

Close to Klettwitz and in north of Schipkau it is located the "EuroSpeedway Lausitz", a race track originally named "Lausitzring".

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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