Schlieben

Schlieben
Schlieben
Town
	General view of Schlieben, with the bell-tower of historic St Martin’s Church at left
	Coat of arms
	Location of Schlieben within Elbe-Elster district
	Location of Schlieben
	Schlieben Schlieben
	Coordinates: 51°43′00″N 13°22′59″E / 51.71667°N 13.38306°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Municipal assoc.	Schlieben
Subdivisions	6 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Cornelia Schülzchen (CDU)
Area
• Total	78.65 km2 (30.37 sq mi)
Elevation	89 m (292 ft)
Population (2024-12-31)
• Total	2,344
• Density	29.80/km2 (77.19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04936
Dialling codes	035361
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB
Website	www.schlieben.com

Schlieben (pronounced [ˈʃliːbn̩] ^ⓘ; Lower Sorbian: Sliwin, pronounced [ˈslʲiwʲin]) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Bad Liebenwerda. Schlieben was the site of a concentration camp during The Holocaust.^[3]

History

From 1815 to 1944, Schlieben was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, it was part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part 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)

Schlieben population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[4]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	3,374	—
1890	3,196	−0.36%
1910	2,910	−0.47%
1925	2,778	−0.31%
1933	2,802	+0.11%
1939	2,686	−0.70%
1946	4,427	+7.40%
1950	4,496	+0.39%
1964	3,966	−0.89%
1971	3,974	+0.03%
1981	3,620	−0.93%
1985	3,562	−0.40%
1989	3,472	−0.64%
1990	3,403	−1.99%
1991	3,351	−1.53%
1992	3,327	−0.72%
1993	3,294	−0.99%
1994	3,258	−1.09%
1995	3,242	−0.49%
1996	3,222	−0.62%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1997	3,272	+1.55%
1998	3,279	+0.21%
1999	3,207	−2.20%
2000	3,188	−0.59%
2001	3,102	−2.70%
2002	3,069	−1.06%
2003	3,032	−1.21%
2004	2,993	−1.29%
2005	2,930	−2.10%
2006	2,807	−4.20%
2007	2,775	−1.14%
2008	2,734	−1.48%
2009	2,695	−1.43%
2010	2,665	−1.11%
2011	2,609	−2.10%
2012	2,588	−0.80%
2013	2,564	−0.93%
2014	2,511	−2.07%
2015	2,452	−2.35%
2016	2,422	−1.22%

Notable people

Sons and daughters of the city

Ernst Legal (1881-1955), actor, director and director

People connected with the city

Edwin Zimmermann (* 1948), politician (SPD), 1990-1997 Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry of the State of Brandenburg

References

^ Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2024 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2023)" (XLS). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German).
^ "Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Search Results".
^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[2] "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2024 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2023)" (XLS). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German).

[3] "Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Search Results".

[4] Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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