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Lauchhammer

Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 13°48′00″E / 51.50000°N 13.80000°E / 51.50000; 13.80000
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Lauchhammer
Church of Christ, the King
Church of Christ, the King
Coat of arms of Lauchhammer
Location of Lauchhammer within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Lauchhammer is located in Germany
Lauchhammer
Lauchhammer
Lauchhammer is located in Brandenburg
Lauchhammer
Lauchhammer
Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 13°48′00″E / 51.50000°N 13.80000°E / 51.50000; 13.80000
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOberspreewald-Lausitz
Subdivisions5 Stadt- und 2 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorRoland Pohlenz
Area
 • Total88.43 km2 (34.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Lowest elevation
94 m (308 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total14,143
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01979
Dialling codes03574
Vehicle registrationOSL
Websitewww.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

Lauchhammer: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[2]
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
  2. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons