Drebkau

Drebkau (Lower Sorbian: Drjowk) is a town in the district of Spree-Neiße, in southeastern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Cottbus.

Drebkau/Drjowk
Coat of arms
Location of Drebkau/Drjowk within Spree-Neiße district
Drebkau/Drjowk Drebkau/Drjowk
Coordinates: 51°39′N 14°13′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Subdivisions	10 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Paul Köhne (CDU)
Area
• Total	142.94 km^2 (55.19 sq mi)
Elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,509
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03116
Dialling codes	035602
Vehicle registration	SPN
Website	www.drebkau.de

Palace in Drebkau, Edition by Alexander Duncker

Demography

• 
  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
• 
  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Drebkau: Population development
within the current boundaries (2018)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 5,799 —     1890 5,453 −0.41% 1910 7,420 +1.55% 1925 7,771 +0.31% 1933 7,608 −0.26% 1939 7,286 −0.72% 1946 9,130 +3.28% 1950 9,311 +0.49% 1964 8,172 −0.93% 1971 8,261 +0.15% 1981 6,937 −1.73% 1985 6,539 −1.47% 1989 6,188 −1.37% 1990 6,068 −1.94% 1991 5,924 −2.37%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 6,223 +5.05% 1993 6,156 −1.08% 1994 6,179 +0.37% 1995 6,272 +1.51% 1996 6,382 +1.75% 1997 6,469 +1.36% 1998 6,617 +2.29% 1999 6,586 −0.47% 2000 6,628 +0.64% 2001 6,577 −0.77% 2002 6,508 −1.05% 2003 6,423 −1.31% 2004 6,399 −0.37% 2005 6,324 −1.17% 2006 6,241 −1.31%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 6,223 −0.29% 2008 6,104 −1.91% 2009 5,984 −1.97% 2010 5,910 −1.24% 2011 5,849 −1.03% 2012 5,777 −1.23% 2013 5,734 −0.74% 2014 5,716 −0.31% 2015 5,626 −1.57% 2016 5,610 −0.28% 2017 5,580 −0.53% 2018 5,538 −0.75% 2019 5,509 −0.52%

People

• Bogumił Šwjela (1873–1948)

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.
2. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons