Sonnewalde

Sonnewalde
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Sonnewalde within Elbe-Elster district
Location of Sonnewalde
Sonnewalde Sonnewalde
Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°39′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Subdivisions	17 Ortsteile bzw. Stadtbezirke
Government
• Mayor (2019–27)	Felix Freitag
Area
• Total	119.29 km2 (46.06 sq mi)
Elevation	101 m (331 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	3,120
• Density	26.2/km2 (67.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03249
Dialling codes	035323
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB
Website	www.stadt-sonnewalde.de

Sonnewalde (German pronunciation: [ˈzɔnəvaldə] ^ⓘ; Lower Sorbian: Groźišćo) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Finsterwalde.

Palace Sonnewalde, around 1860, Edition by Alexander Duncker

History

From 1815 to 1947, Sonnewalde was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East 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)
• 
  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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Sonnewalde: Population development
within the current boundaries (2018)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	4,866	—
1890	4,789	−0.11%
1910	4,685	−0.11%
1925	4,489	−0.28%
1933	4,376	−0.32%
1939	4,290	−0.33%
1946	6,061	+5.06%
1950	5,793	−1.12%
1964	4,703	−1.48%
1971	4,524	−0.55%
1981	4,091	−1.00%
1985	4,010	−0.50%
1989	4,028	+0.11%
1990	3,989	−0.97%
1991	3,899	−2.26%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	4,144	+6.28%
1993	4,114	−0.72%
1994	4,198	+2.04%
1995	4,093	−2.50%
1996	4,308	+5.25%
1997	4,025	−6.57%
1998	4,038	+0.32%
1999	4,139	+2.50%
2000	4,038	−2.44%
2001	4,010	−0.69%
2002	3,851	−3.97%
2003	3,771	−2.08%
2004	3,708	−1.67%
2005	3,673	−0.94%
2006	3,600	−1.99%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	3,567	−0.92%
2008	3,529	−1.07%
2009	3,506	−0.65%
2010	3,452	−1.54%
2011	3,446	−0.17%
2012	3,385	−1.77%
2013	3,359	−0.77%
2014	3,343	−0.48%
2015	3,319	−0.72%
2016	3,261	−1.75%
2017	3,256	−0.15%
2018	3,231	−0.77%
2019	3,210	−0.65%
2020	3,154	−1.74%