Lauchhammer

Lauchhammer
Coat of arms
Lauchhammer
Location of Lauchhammer within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 13°48′00″E / 51.50000°N 13.80000°ECoordinates: 51°30′00″N 13°48′00″E / 51.50000°N 13.80000°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Government
• Mayor	Elisabeth Mühlpforte
Area
• Total	88.43 km^2 (34.14 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	15,084
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	01979
Dialling codes	03574
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.lauchhammer.de

Lauchhammer 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.

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)
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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Lauchhammer:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)^[2]

Year Population 1875 4 627 1890 6 054 1910 10 151 1925 17 259 1933 19 734 1939 22 467 1946 28 063 1950 27 524 1964 32 757 1971 31 854

Year Population 1981 27 102 1985 26 626 1989 25 756 1990 24 945 1991 23 882 1992 23 911 1993 23 682 1994 23 386 1995 22 948 1996 22 551

Year Population 1997 22 022 1998 21 684 1999 21 353 2000 20 769 2001 20 276 2002 19 826 2003 19 407 2004 19 060 2005 18 697 2006 18 396

Year Population 2007 18 021 2008 17 593 2009 17 276 2010 16 956 2011 15 877 2012 15 624 2013 15 252

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
2. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons