Schenkendöbern (
Lower Sorbian
Lower may refer to:
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''Derbno'') is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Spree-Neiße
Spree-Neiße (, ; Polish language, Polish: ''Powiat Sprewa-Nysa,'' ) is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) the districts Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis an ...
, in
Lower Lusatia
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,
Brandenburg
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, Germany.
History
From 1815 to 1947, Schenkendöbern was part of the
Prussian
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Province of Brandenburg
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. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the
Bezirk Cottbus
Cottbus was a Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic, district () of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus.
History
The district was established, along with the othe ...
of
East Germany
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.
Demography
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Schenkendöbern.pdf, 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
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; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
)
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Schenkendöbern.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany
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in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
References
Populated places in Spree-Neiße
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