Spreenhagen

Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany

(2019–24) Bernhard Baumann^[1] (SPD)Area • Total136.00 km² (52.51 sq mi)Elevation39 m (128 ft)Population • Total3,561 • Density26/km² (68/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes033633Vehicle registrationLOSWebsitewww.amt-spreenfield.de

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

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

Spreenhagen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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]

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