Krausnick

Not to be confused with Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick.

Krausnick
Ortsteil of Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg
Church in Krausnick
Location of Krausnick
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Coordinates: 52°1′54″N 13°49′45″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.	Unterspreewald
Municipality	Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg
Area
• Total	34.53 km2 (13.33 sq mi)
Elevation	51 m (167 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	413
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15910
Dialling codes	035472, 035477
Vehicle registration	LDS, KW, LC, LN

Krausnick (Lower Sorbian: Kšušwica) is a village in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is located in Lower Lusatia, about 60 km (38 mi) south of Berlin. Krausnick is most famous for the theme park Tropical Islands Resort which is located near the village and the Krausnick hills. Since 31 December 2001, Krausnick is part of the municipality Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg.

History

Village center

Krausnick was first mentioned in 1376 as Krusenigk. The village's name derives from the Sorbian term for Pyrus communis, a kind of tree in the area. During the Thirty Years' War, Krausnick was attacked and burnt down several times. The village was rebuilt and in 1728 the erection of the Krausnick Lutheran church began. At first, the church was a filial church of Buchholz until Krausnick became a church by itself in the 19th century. After Krausnick became part of the German Democratic Republic, the village farmers organized themselves in a so-called Landwirtschaftlichen Produktionsgenossenschaft, which merged with the LPG of neighboring Leibsch in 1976 and was dissolved after the German reunification.

On 6 December 1993, the municipality of Krausnick became part of the Dahme-Spreewald district, prior to belonging to the dissolved Lübben district. On 31 December 2001, Krausnick and Groß Wasserburg merged into the new municipality of Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg, which is part of Amt Unterspreewald.

Demographics

Krausnick: Population development
within the former municipality boundaries (2000)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 871 —     1890 798 −0.58% 1910 646 −1.05% 1925 702 +0.56% 1933 680 −0.40% 1939 723 +1.03% 1946 927 +3.61% 1950 815 −3.17%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1964 639 −1.72% 1971 591 −1.11% 1981 522 −1.23% 1985 481 −2.02% 1989 483 +0.10% 1990 466 −3.52% 1991 439 −5.79% 1992 430 −2.05%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1993 430 +0.00% 1994 429 −0.23% 1995 428 −0.23% 1996 435 +1.64% 1997 430 −1.15% 1998 427 −0.70% 1999 448 +4.92% 2000 416 −7.14%