Lauchhammer

Lauchhammer
Town
Church of Christ, the King
Coat of arms
Location of Lauchhammer within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Lauchhammer Lauchhammer
Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 13°48′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Subdivisions	5 Stadt- und 2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Roland Pohlenz
Area
• Total	88.43 km2 (34.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Lowest elevation	94 m (308 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	14,143
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01979
Dialling codes	03574
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.lauchhammer.de

Lauchhammer (Lower Sorbian: Łuchow) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 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)
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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Lauchhammer: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 4,627 —     1890 6,054 +1.81% 1910 10,151 +2.62% 1925 17,259 +3.60% 1933 19,734 +1.69% 1939 22,467 +2.19% 1946 28,063 +3.23% 1950 27,524 −0.48% 1964 32,757 +1.25% 1971 31,854 −0.40% 1981 27,102 −1.60% 1985 26,626 −0.44% 1989 25,756 −0.83% 1990 24,945 −3.15% 1991 23,882 −4.26%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 23,911 +0.12% 1993 23,682 −0.96% 1994 23,386 −1.25% 1995 22,948 −1.87% 1996 22,551 −1.73% 1997 22,022 −2.35% 1998 21,684 −1.53% 1999 21,353 −1.53% 2000 20,769 −2.73% 2001 20,276 −2.37% 2002 19,826 −2.22% 2003 19,407 −2.11% 2004 19,060 −1.79% 2005 18,697 −1.90% 2006 18,396 −1.61%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 18,021 −2.04% 2008 17,593 −2.38% 2009 17,276 −1.80% 2010 16,956 −1.85% 2011 15,877 −6.36% 2012 15,624 −1.59% 2013 15,252 −2.38% 2014 15,099 −1.00% 2015 15,084 −0.10% 2016 14,791 −1.94% 2017 14,569 −1.50% 2018 14,622 +0.36% 2019 14,336 −1.96%

Transport

Lauchhammer lies on the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway and offers connections to Leipzig and Cottbus.

People

• Klaus Haertter (born 1952)
• Thomas Gumpert (born 1952)
• Annelore Zinke (born 1958)
• Jens Kunath (born 1967)
• Annett Neumann (born 1970)
• Mario Veit (born 1973)
• Sebastian Schuppan (born 1986)
• Stefan Härtel (born 1988)
• Martin Zurawsky (born 1990)
• Danny Breitfelder (born 1997)