Schwarzbach is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
History
From 1815 to 1824, Schwarzbach was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1825 to 1919 it was part of the Province of Silesia, from 1919 to 1938 of the Province of Lower Silesia, from 1938 to 1941 again of the Province of Silesia and from 1941 to 1945 again of the Province of Lower Silesia. From 1945 to 1952 it was part of Saxony 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)
Schwarzbach: Population development within the current boundaries (2013)[3]
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1875
540
—
1890
580
+0.48%
1910
750
+1.29%
1925
776
+0.23%
1933
788
+0.19%
1939
840
+1.07%
1946
953
+1.82%
1950
954
+0.03%
1964
868
−0.67%
1971
847
−0.35%
1981
839
−0.09%
1985
768
−2.19%
1989
763
−0.16%
1990
735
−3.67%
1991
708
−3.67%
1992
717
+1.27%
1993
723
+0.84%
1994
730
+0.97%
1995
745
+2.05%
1996
760
+2.01%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1997
780
+2.63%
1998
784
+0.51%
1999
786
+0.26%
2000
782
−0.51%
2001
791
+1.15%
2002
803
+1.52%
2003
815
+1.49%
2004
800
−1.84%
2005
778
−2.75%
2006
768
−1.29%
2007
759
−1.17%
2008
759
+0.00%
2009
735
−3.16%
2010
725
−1.36%
2011
701
−3.31%
2012
699
−0.29%
2013
679
−2.86%
2014
679
+0.00%
2015
671
−1.18%
2016
662
−1.34%
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