Schipkau

Schipkau (Lower Sorbian: Šejkow) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.

Schipkau
Coat of arms
Location of Schipkau within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Schipkau Schipkau
Coordinates: 51°31′00″N 13°52′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Subdivisions	6 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Prietzel
Area
• Total	72.91 km^2 (28.15 sq mi)
Elevation	109 m (358 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,661
• Density	91/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01993
Dialling codes	035754
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.gemeinde-schipkau.de

Geography

The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden.

Schipkau counts 5 civil parishes (Ortsteile): Annahütte, Drochow, Hörlitz, Klettwitz and Meuro.

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)
• 
  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)

Schipkau: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 2,807 —     1890 4,569 +3.30% 1910 11,921 +4.91% 1925 12,980 +0.57% 1933 13,276 +0.28% 1939 13,218 −0.07% 1946 14,193 +1.02% 1950 13,992 −0.36% 1964 11,614 −1.32% 1971 11,017 −0.75% 1981 9,257 −1.73% 1985 8,857 −1.10% 1989 9,973 +3.01% 1990 9,807 −1.66% 1991 9,486 −3.27%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 9,352 −1.41% 1993 9,260 −0.98% 1994 9,430 +1.84% 1995 9,518 +0.93% 1996 9,416 −1.07% 1997 9,307 −1.16% 1998 9,116 −2.05% 1999 8,925 −2.10% 2000 8,659 −2.98% 2001 8,350 −3.57% 2002 8,176 −2.08% 2003 8,026 −1.83% 2004 7,808 −2.72% 2005 7,605 −2.60% 2006 7,535 −0.92%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 7,466 −0.92% 2008 7,395 −0.95% 2009 7,442 +0.64% 2010 7,357 −1.14% 2011 7,088 −3.66% 2012 7,017 −1.00% 2013 6,915 −1.45% 2014 6,837 −1.13% 2015 6,813 −0.35% 2016 6,764 −0.72% 2017 6,800 +0.53% 2018 6,703 −1.43% 2019 6,661 −0.63%

Sport

Close to Klettwitz and in north of Schipkau it is located the "EuroSpeedway Lausitz", a race track originally named "Lausitzring".

People

• Gerd Audehm (born 1968)

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

External links

Media related to Schipkau at Wikimedia Commons