Ortrand

Ortrand
Ortrand
Town
	Train station
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ortrand within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
	Ortrand Ortrand
	Coordinates: 51°22′00″N 13°46′59″E / 51.36667°N 13.78306°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Ortrand
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Maik Bethke
Area
• Total	7.34 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,057
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01990
Dialling codes	035755
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.stadt-ortrand.de

Ortrand (pronunciation^ⓘ; Upper Sorbian: Wótrań, pronounced [ˈwʊtʁajn]) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Senftenberg, and 36 km north of Dresden.

History

From 1815 to 1944, Ortrand 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

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)

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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	1,739	—
1890	1,793	+0.20%
1910	2,054	+0.68%
1925	2,288	+0.72%
1933	2,416	+0.68%
1939	2,574	+1.06%
1946	3,268	+3.47%
1950	3,259	−0.07%
1964	3,143	−0.26%
1971	3,152	+0.04%
1981	3,049	−0.33%
1985	3,070	+0.17%
1989	2,946	−1.03%
1990	2,839	−3.63%
1991	2,846	+0.25%
1992	2,802	−1.55%
1993	2,776	−0.93%
1994	2,744	−1.15%
1995	2,739	−0.18%
1996	2,740	+0.04%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1997	2,721	−0.69%
1998	2,716	−0.18%
1999	2,680	−1.33%
2000	2,634	−1.72%
2001	2,601	−1.25%
2002	2,570	−1.19%
2003	2,539	−1.21%
2004	2,544	+0.20%
2005	2,504	−1.57%
2006	2,430	−2.96%
2007	2,370	−2.47%
2008	2,316	−2.28%
2009	2,295	−0.91%
2010	2,265	−1.31%
2011	2,257	−0.35%
2012	2,213	−1.95%
2013	2,196	−0.77%
2014	2,164	−1.46%
2015	2,154	−0.46%
2016	2,144	−0.46%

Sons and daughters of the town

Paul Lindau (1881-1945), sculptor
Lutz Heßlich (born 1959), track racing cyclist, Olympic champion 1980 and 1988
Gloria Siebert (born 1964), hurdler

References

^ Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[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

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