Hohenleipisch

Hohenleipisch (Sorbian: Lubuš) is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Hohenleipisch
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Hohenleipisch within Elbe-Elster district
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Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 13°33′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Municipal assoc.	Plessa
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Lutz Schumann[1]
Area
• Total	34.81 km2 (13.44 sq mi)
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,937
• Density	55.64/km2 (144.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04934
Dialling codes	03533
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB

History

Two kilometres west of Hohenleipisch is an old brown coal and quartz sand pit called Grube Gotthold.

From 1952 to 1990, Hohenleipisch 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)

Hohenleipisch:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year Population 1875 1 500 1890 1 700 1910 2 587 1925 2 888 1933 3 209 1939 3 321 1946 4 016 1950 3 937 1964 3 297 1971 3 252

Year Population 1981 2 850 1985 2 759 1989 2 626 1990 2 608 1991 2 566 1992 2 516 1993 2 845 1994 3 024 1995 2 836 1996 3 001

Year Population 1997 3 008 1998 3 022 1999 2 896 2000 2 822 2001 2 845 2002 2 803 2003 2 679 2004 2 660 2005 2 552 2006 2 383

Year Population 2007 2 304 2008 2 258 2009 2 235 2010 2 171 2011 2 188 2012 2 148 2013 2 089 2014 2 069 2015 2 048 2016 2 056