Crinitz

Crinitz
Municipality
Location of Crinitz within Elbe-Elster district
Crinitz Crinitz
Coordinates: 51°43′59″N 13°46′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Municipal assoc.	Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz)
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Horst Hofmann (Ind.)
Area
• Total	21.83 km2 (8.43 sq mi)
Elevation	99 m (325 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,149
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03246
Dialling codes	035324
Vehicle registration	EE
Website	www.crinitz.de

Crinitz (Lower Sorbian: Krynica) is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

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)

Crinitz: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 958 —     1890 1,011 +0.36% 1910 1,030 +0.09% 1925 1,134 +0.64% 1933 1,355 +2.25% 1939 1,482 +1.50% 1946 2,049 +4.74% 1950 2,142 +1.12% 1964 2,008 −0.46% 1971 2,104 +0.67% 1981 1,782 −1.65% 1985 1,730 −0.74% 1989 1,681 −0.72% 1990 1,664 −1.01%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 1,638 −1.56% 1992 1,636 −0.12% 1993 1,629 −0.43% 1994 1,635 +0.37% 1995 1,632 −0.18% 1996 1,626 −0.37% 1997 1,636 +0.62% 1998 1,608 −1.71% 1999 1,557 −3.17% 2000 1,566 +0.58% 2001 1,541 −1.60% 2002 1,519 −1.43% 2003 1,512 −0.46% 2004 1,481 −2.05%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 1,450 −2.09% 2006 1,407 −2.97% 2007 1,373 −2.42% 2008 1,340 −2.40% 2009 1,339 −0.07% 2010 1,295 −3.29% 2011 1,257 −2.93% 2012 1,236 −1.67% 2013 1,238 +0.16% 2014 1,226 −0.97% 2015 1,222 −0.33% 2016 1,214 −0.65% 2017 1,196 −1.48%