Neu-Seeland

Neu-Seeland
Municipality
Location of Neu-Seeland within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°37′00″N 14°05′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Altdöbern
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Marcus Lein[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	56.18 km^2 (21.69 sq mi)
Elevation	117 m (384 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	586
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01983 03103
Dialling codes	035751
Vehicle registration	OSL

Neu-Seeland (Upper Sorbian: Nowa Jazorina) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Neu-Seeland (Bahnsdorf, Lindchen, Lubochow and Ressen) were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. On 1 February 2002, the municipality of Neu-Seeland was formed by merging the municipalities of Bahnsdorf, Lindchen, Lubochow and Ressen.^[3]

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)

Neu-Seeland: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[4]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,944 —     1890 1,940 −0.01% 1910 2,122 +0.45% 1925 2,160 +0.12% 1933 2,038 −0.72% 1939 1,870 −1.42% 1946 2,512 +4.31% 1950 2,481 −0.31% 1964 1,687 −2.72% 1971 1,572 −1.00% 1981 1,124 −3.30% 1985 1,000 −2.88% 1989 841 −4.24% 1990 814 −3.21% 1991 781 −4.05% 1992 1,443 +84.76% 1993 1,043 −27.72% 1994 1,125 +7.86% 1995 1,157 +2.84% 1996 1,235 +6.74%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,169 −5.34% 1998 1,081 −7.53% 1999 1,199 +10.92% 2000 1,112 −7.26% 2001 1,153 +3.69% 2002 1,098 −4.77% 2003 1,098 +0.00% 2004 999 −9.02% 2005 929 −7.01% 2006 817 −12.06% 2007 801 −1.96% 2008 785 −2.00% 2009 607 −22.68% 2010 573 −5.60% 2011 630 +9.95% 2012 614 −2.54% 2013 606 −1.30% 2014 602 −0.66% 2015 585 −2.82% 2016 591 +1.03%

References

1. Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
3. Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis des Landes Brandenburg 1875 bis 2005. Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz. S. 36
4. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons