Heideland, Brandenburg

Heideland
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Heideland within Elbe-Elster district
Heideland Show map of Germany Heideland Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51°36′00″N13°40′00″E / 51.60000°N 13.66667°E / 51.60000; 13.66667 Coordinates: 51°36′00″N13°40′00″E / 51.60000°N 13.66667°E / 51.60000; 13.66667
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Municipal assoc.	Elsterland
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
•  Mayor (2019–24)	Silke Löwe [1]
Area
• Total	31.53 km2 (12.17 sq mi)
Elevation	105 m (344 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31) [2]
• Total	497
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03238
Dialling codes	03531
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB

Heideland is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Heideland (Eichholz, Drößig and Fischwasser) were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. On 31 December 2001, the municipality of Heideland was formed by merging the municipalities of Eichholz-Drößig and Fischwasser.

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)

Heideland: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017) ^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 854 —     1890 838 −0.13% 1910 881 +0.25% 1925 918 +0.27% 1933 864 −0.75% 1939 855 −0.17% 1946 1,157 +4.42% 1950 1,085 −1.59% 1964 849 −1.74% 1971 782 −1.17% 1981 666 −1.59% 1985 662 −0.15% 1989 649 −0.49% 1990 648 −0.15%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 619 −4.48% 1992 611 −1.29% 1993 613 +0.33% 1994 629 +2.61% 1995 625 −0.64% 1996 609 −2.56% 1997 608 −0.16% 1998 615 +1.15% 1999 604 −1.79% 2000 624 +3.31% 2001 629 +0.80% 2002 618 −1.75% 2003 616 −0.32% 2004 622 +0.97%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 610 −1.93% 2006 593 −2.79% 2007 593 +0.00% 2008 599 +1.01% 2009 579 −3.34% 2010 560 −3.28% 2011 554 −1.07% 2012 554 +0.00% 2013 557 +0.54% 2014 544 −2.33% 2015 532 −2.21% 2016 530 −0.38% 2017 524 −1.13%

References

1. Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 1 July 2021.
2. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2020". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2021.
3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons