Cumlosen

Cumlosen is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Cumlosen
Municipality
Location of Cumlosen within Prignitz district
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Coordinates: 53°01′59″N 11°40′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Municipal assoc.	Lenzen-Elbtalaue
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Harald Pohle[1]
Area
• Total	21.85 km2 (8.44 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	726
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19322
Dialling codes	038794
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.cumlosen.de

The church

History

Between 1945 and 1990 Cumlosen served as East German inner German border crossing for inland navigation on the Elbe. The crossing was open for freight vessels navigating between Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany (till 1949, thereafter the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the British zone of occupation (till 1949) and thereafter the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations and that between West Germany and West Berlin was subject to the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972).^[3]

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)

Cumlosen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[4]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,292 —     1890 1,188 −0.56% 1910 1,178 −0.04% 1925 1,240 +0.34% 1933 1,235 −0.05% 1939 1,328 +1.22% 1946 1,779 +4.27% 1950 1,648 −1.89% 1964 1,048 −3.18% 1971 1,016 −0.44% 1981 859 −1.66% 1985 857 −0.06% 1989 855 −0.06% 1990 841 −1.64% 1991 845 +0.48% 1992 812 −3.91% 1993 815 +0.37% 1994 823 +0.98% 1995 834 +1.34% 1996 838 +0.48%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 861 +2.74% 1998 880 +2.21% 1999 899 +2.16% 2000 905 +0.67% 2001 899 −0.66% 2002 892 −0.78% 2003 901 +1.01% 2004 897 −0.44% 2005 893 −0.45% 2006 886 −0.78% 2007 866 −2.26% 2008 856 −1.15% 2009 835 −2.45% 2010 809 −3.11% 2011 791 −2.22% 2012 787 −0.51% 2013 772 −1.91% 2014 757 −1.94% 2015 734 −3.04% 2016 723 −1.50%