Spreenhagen

Spreenfield (Lower Sorbian: Sprjewiny Ług) is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Spreenhagen
Municipality
Location of Spreenhagen within Oder-Spree district
Spreenhagen is located in Germany
Spreenhagen
Spreenhagen
Spreenhagen is located in Brandenburg
Spreenhagen
Spreenhagen
Coordinates: 52°20′37″N 13°52′28″E
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOder-Spree
Municipal assoc.Spreenhagen
Subdivisions5 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Bernhard Baumann[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total136.00 km2 (52.51 sq mi)
Elevation
39 m (128 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total3,527
 • Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
15528
Dialling codes033633
Vehicle registrationLOS
Websitewww.amt-spreenfield.de

History

From 1815 to 1947, Spreenhagen was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

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)
Spreenhagen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 3,137—    
1890 3,084−0.11%
1910 3,511+0.65%
1925 3,509−0.00%
1933 3,539+0.11%
1939 3,978+1.97%
1946 3,821−0.57%
1950 3,715−0.70%
1964 3,058−1.38%
1971 3,063+0.02%
1981 3,133+0.23%
1985 3,112−0.17%
1989 3,170+0.46%
1990 3,116−1.70%
1991 3,092−0.77%
1992 3,087−0.16%
1993 3,057−0.97%
1994 3,222+5.40%
1995 3,204−0.56%
1996 3,221+0.53%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1997 3,238+0.53%
1998 3,303+2.01%
1999 3,402+3.00%
2000 3,463+1.79%
2001 3,512+1.41%
2002 3,549+1.05%
2003 3,540−0.25%
2004 3,534−0.17%
2005 3,535+0.03%
2006 3,534−0.03%
2007 3,526−0.23%
2008 3,494−0.91%
2009 3,473−0.60%
2010 3,441−0.92%
2011 3,250−5.55%
2012 3,245−0.15%
2013 3,208−1.14%
2014 3,226+0.56%
2015 3,229+0.09%
2016 3,232+0.09%

Local council

The local council of Spreenhagen has 16 members. Elections were held on May 25, 2014 with the following results:

  • SPD = 35.8% (6 seats)
  • GfB (Free Citizens) = 28.9% (5 seats)
  • DCM (Club Markgrafpieske)= 13.0% (2 seats)
  • LINKE = 9.2% (1 seat)
  • CDU = 7.5% (1 seat)
  • NPD = 5.6% (1 seat)

Notable residents
  • Marienetta Jirkowsky (1962–1980), one of at least 139 victims at the Berlin Wall; also one of only eight female victims, and the youngest of those eight female victims.[4]

References
  1. Landkreis Oder-Spree Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.
  3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
  4. Portrait of Marienetta Jirkowsky at chronik-der-mauer.de
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