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Sonnewalde

Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°39′00″E / 51.68306°N 13.65000°E / 51.68306; 13.65000
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Sonnewalde
Coat of arms of Sonnewalde
Location of Sonnewalde within Elbe-Elster district
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Sonnewalde is located in Germany
Sonnewalde
Sonnewalde
Sonnewalde is located in Brandenburg
Sonnewalde
Sonnewalde
Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°39′00″E / 51.68306°N 13.65000°E / 51.68306; 13.65000
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictElbe-Elster
Subdivisions17 Ortsteile bzw. Stadtbezirke
Government
 • Mayor (2019–27) Felix Freitag[1]
Area
 • Total118.54 km2 (45.77 sq mi)
Elevation
101 m (331 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total3,169
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
03249
Dialling codes035323
Vehicle registrationEE, FI, LIB
Websitewww.stadt-sonnewalde.de

Sonnewalde is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Finsterwalde.

Palace Sonnewalde, around 1860, Edition by Alexander Duncker

History

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From 1815 to 1947, Sonnewalde was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Demography

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Sonnewalde: Population development
within the current boundaries (2018)[3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 4,866—    
1890 4,789−0.11%
1910 4,685−0.11%
1925 4,489−0.28%
1933 4,376−0.32%
1939 4,290−0.33%
1946 6,061+5.06%
1950 5,793−1.12%
1964 4,703−1.48%
1971 4,524−0.55%
1981 4,091−1.00%
1985 4,010−0.50%
1989 4,028+0.11%
1990 3,989−0.97%
1991 3,899−2.26%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 4,144+6.28%
1993 4,114−0.72%
1994 4,198+2.04%
1995 4,093−2.50%
1996 4,308+5.25%
1997 4,025−6.57%
1998 4,038+0.32%
1999 4,139+2.50%
2000 4,038−2.44%
2001 4,010−0.69%
2002 3,851−3.97%
2003 3,771−2.08%
2004 3,708−1.67%
2005 3,673−0.94%
2006 3,600−1.99%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 3,567−0.92%
2008 3,529−1.07%
2009 3,506−0.65%
2010 3,452−1.54%
2011 3,446−0.17%
2012 3,385−1.77%
2013 3,359−0.77%
2014 3,343−0.48%
2015 3,319−0.72%
2016 3,261−1.75%
2017 3,256−0.15%
2018 3,231−0.77%
2019 3,210−0.65%
2020 3,154−1.74%

References

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  1. ^ Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 1 July 2021.
  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