Großkmehlen

Großkmehlen (Upper Sorbian: Hłódmehl) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. The places of the municipality Großkmehlen belong to the few places in the southern part of the district Oberspreewald-Lausitz, which are not located in Lusatia.^[3]

Großkmehlen
Municipality
Castle
Location of Großkmehlen within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Großkmehlen Show map of Germany Großkmehlen Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51°23′N 13°44′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Ortrand
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Dietmar Bruntsch[1]
Area
• Total	13.75 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Elevation	108 m (354 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,037
• Density	75/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01990
Dialling codes	035755
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.grosskmehlen.de

History

From 1815 to 1944, Großkmehlen was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 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)

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 850 —     1890 870 +0.16% 1910 910 +0.23% 1925 966 +0.40% 1933 966 +0.00% 1939 984 +0.31% 1946 1,467 +5.87% 1950 1,627 +2.62% 1964 1,623 −0.02% 1971 1,668 +0.39% 1981 1,541 −0.79% 1985 1,517 −0.39% 1989 1,460 −0.95% 1990 1,439 −1.44% 1991 1,410 −2.02% 1992 1,396 −0.99% 1993 1,430 +2.44% 1994 1,360 −4.90% 1995 1,355 −0.37% 1996 1,351 −0.30%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,342 −0.67% 1998 1,323 −1.42% 1999 1,326 +0.23% 2000 1,332 +0.45% 2001 1,333 +0.08% 2002 1,325 −0.60% 2003 1,312 −0.98% 2004 1,289 −1.75% 2005 1,286 −0.23% 2006 1,267 −1.48% 2007 1,255 −0.95% 2008 1,237 −1.43% 2009 1,176 −4.93% 2010 1,182 +0.51% 2011 1,097 −7.19% 2012 1,105 +0.73% 2013 1,094 −1.00% 2014 1,097 +0.27% 2015 1,086 −1.00% 2016 1,103 +1.57%