Its name was first recorded in 1122. During the Napoleonic Wars, the town was occupied several times. After 1945, it belonged to the soviet control zone. In 1955 the Soviets left, so the infrastructural repairs and constructions began.
Population
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1869
2,112
—
1880
2,164
+2.5%
1890
2,052
−5.2%
1900
2,123
+3.5%
1900
2,123
+0.0%
1910
2,131
+0.4%
1923
2,151
+0.9%
1934
2,141
−0.5%
1939
2,027
−5.3%
1951
2,137
+5.4%
1961
2,292
+7.3%
1971
2,360
+3.0%
1981
2,379
+0.8%
1991
2,548
+7.1%
2001
2,650
+4.0%
2013
2,721
+2.7%
Language
In 2001, 98.1% of the population named German as their colloquial language, while 0.5% speaks Bosnian language, and a further 0.1% Turkish.
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