Grünewald, Germany

For other uses, see Grünewald (disambiguation).

Grünewald is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

Grünewald
Municipality
Location of Grünewald within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°24′N 14°00′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Ruhland
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Marcus Scholze[1]
Area
• Total	13.44 km2 (5.19 sq mi)
Elevation	132 m (433 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	515
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01945
Dialling codes	035756
Vehicle registration	OSL

History

From 1815 to 1825, Grünewald was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1825 to 1919 of the Province of Silesia, from 1919 to 1938 of the Province of Lower Silesia, again from 1938 to 1941 of the Province of Silesia and again from 1941 to 1945 of the Province of Lower Silesia. From 1945 to 1952, it was part of Saxony and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. The municipality includes the inhabited district of Sella.^[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)

Grünewald: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[4]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 250 —     1890 260 +0.26% 1910 400 +2.18% 1925 544 +2.07% 1933 593 +1.08% 1939 823 +5.61% 1946 919 +1.59% 1950 956 +0.99% 1964 887 −0.53% 1971 854 −0.54% 1981 780 −0.90% 1985 755 −0.81% 1989 742 −0.43% 1990 736 −0.81% 1991 718 −2.45% 1992 718 +0.00% 1993 720 +0.28% 1994 721 +0.14% 1995 725 +0.55% 1996 724 −0.14%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 718 −0.83% 1998 709 −1.25% 1999 703 −0.85% 2000 688 −2.13% 2001 683 −0.73% 2002 659 −3.51% 2003 652 −1.06% 2004 641 −1.69% 2005 635 −0.94% 2006 625 −1.57% 2007 608 −2.72% 2008 600 −1.32% 2009 602 +0.33% 2010 587 −2.49% 2011 572 −2.56% 2012 555 −2.97% 2013 546 −1.62% 2014 543 −0.55% 2015 537 −1.10% 2016 519 −3.35%

References

1. Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
3. "Dienstleistungsportal der Landesverwaltung Brandenburg. Gemeinde Grünewald". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
4. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons