Lauchhammer

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Lauchhammer
Łuchow
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Location of Lauchhammer
Łuchow within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Lauchhammer
Łuchow
Coordinates: 51°30′N13°48′E / 51.500°N 13.800°E / 51.500; 13.800
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Subdivisions5 Stadt- und 2 Ortsteile
Government
   Mayor (202129) Mirko Buhr [1]
Area
  Total88.43 km2 (34.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Lowest elevation
94 m (308 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
  Total14,143
  Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01979
Dialling codes 03574
Vehicle registration OSL
Website www.lauchhammer.de

Lauchhammer (Lua error in Module:Lang at line 1422: attempt to concatenate a nil value., pronounced [ˈwuxɔw] ) or Łuchow is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden.

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History

From 1815 to 1944, Lauchhammer was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1947 to 1952 it was part of Saxony-Anhalt and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Demography

Lauchhammer: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020) [3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 4,627    
1890 6,054+1.81%
1910 10,151+2.62%
1925 17,259+3.60%
1939 22,467+1.90%
1950 27,524+1.86%
1964 32,757+1.25%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1971 31,854−0.40%
1981 27,102−1.60%
1985 26,626−0.44%
1990 24,945−1.30%
1995 22,948−1.66%
2000 20,769−1.98%
2005 18,697−2.08%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2010 16,956−1.94%
2015 15,084−2.31%
2016 14,791−1.94%
2017 14,569−1.50%
2018 14,622+0.36%
2019 14,336−1.96%
2020 14,070−1.86%

Transport

Lauchhammer lies on the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway and offers connections to Leipzig and Cottbus.

Notable people

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References

  1. Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 13 November 2022.
  2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
  3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons