Finsterwalde

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Finsterwalde
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Finsterwalde
Location of Finsterwalde within Elbe-Elster district
Bad LiebenwerdaCrinitzDoberlug-KirchhainElsterwerdaFalkenbergFichtwaldFinsterwaldeGorden-StaupitzGroßthiemigGrödenHeidelandHerzbergHirschfeldHohenbuckoHohenleipischKremitzaueLebusaLichterfeld-SchacksdorfMassen-NiederlausitzMerzdorfMühlbergPlessaRöderlandRückersdorfSallgastSchildaSchliebenSchönbornSchönewaldeSchradenSonnewaldeTröbitzUebigau-WahrenbrückBrandenburg
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictElbe-Elster
Subdivisions3 Stadtteile / 2 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorJörg Gampe (CDU)
Area
 • Total76.91 km2 (29.70 sq mi)
Elevation
108 m (354 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Total15,748
 • Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
03238
Dialling codes03531
Vehicle registrationEE, FI, LIB
Websitewww.finsterwalde.de

Finsterwalde (German pronunciation: [fɪnstɐˈvaldə], Lower Sorbian: Grabin) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district (German: Landkreis), in Brandenburg, Germany.

Overview

It is situated on the Schackebach, a tributary of the Kleine Elster, 28 m. W.S.W of Cottbus by rail. Pop. (2005) 18,840. The town has a Gothic church (1581), a castle, schools, cloth and cigar factories, iron-foundries, flour and saw mills and factories for machine building. The town, which is first mentioned in 1288, came into the possession of the Electorate of Saxony from 1635 and of Prussia in 1815. Popular are the "four singers from Finsterwalde" and their "singer-song".

Demography

Finsterwalde:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)
[2]
Year Population
1875 10 098
1890 11 466
1910 17 297
1925 17 474
1933 18 072
1939 20 120
1946 22 613
1950 22 374
1964 23 609
1971 23 976
Year Population
1981 24 870
1985 24 781
1989 24 427
1990 23 777
1991 23 019
1992 22 985
1993 22 556
1994 22 029
1995 21 744
1996 21 457
Year Population
1997 21 343
1998 20 908
1999 20 482
2000 20 103
2001 19 704
2002 19 378
2003 19 152
2004 18 985
2005 18 693
2006 18 516
Year Population
2007 18 162
2008 17 861
2009 17 517
2010 17 407
2011 16 876
2012 16 680
2013 16 561

Known persons

Beach volleyball player Stephanie Pohl.

The following well known persons are from Finsterwalde:

Buildings

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.
  2. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Finsterwalde". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links

Media related to Finsterwalde at Wikimedia Commons