Briesen (Spreewald)

Briesen (Lower Sorbian: Brjazyna) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Briesen/Brjazyna
Location of Briesen/Brjazyna within Spree-Neiße district
Briesen/Brjazyna Briesen/Brjazyna
Coordinates: 51°49′N 14°15′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Burg (Spreewald)
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Heinrich (DW)
Area
• Total	9.04 km^2 (3.49 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	771
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03096
Dialling codes	035606
Vehicle registration	SPN
Website	Briesen

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)

Briesen [Spreewald]: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 487 —     1890 533 +0.60% 1910 531 −0.02% 1925 488 −0.56% 1933 499 +0.28% 1939 531 +1.04% 1946 820 +6.40% 1950 775 −1.40% 1964 667 −1.07% 1971 633 −0.74% 1981 591 −0.68% 1985 561 −1.29% 1989 539 −1.00% 1990 533 −1.11% 1991 528 −0.94% 1992 524 −0.76% 1993 524 +0.00% 1994 556 +6.11% 1995 602 +8.27% 1996 694 +15.28%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 761 +9.65% 1998 827 +8.67% 1999 857 +3.63% 2000 871 +1.63% 2001 867 −0.46% 2002 860 −0.81% 2003 851 −1.05% 2004 834 −2.00% 2005 833 −0.12% 2006 824 −1.08% 2007 821 −0.36% 2008 831 +1.22% 2009 825 −0.72% 2010 811 −1.70% 2011 794 −2.10% 2012 807 +1.64% 2013 803 −0.50% 2014 784 −2.37% 2015 767 −2.17% 2016 763 −0.52%

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