Luckaitztal

Luckaitztal (Lower Sorbian Lukajca Dolk) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

Luckaitztal
Municipality
Location of Luckaitztal within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°42′00″N 14°01′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Altdöbern
Subdivisions	4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Roland Schneider[1]
Area
• Total	41.72 km2 (16.11 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	747
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03229
Dialling codes	03541
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.amt-altdoebern.de

History

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Luckaitztal (Buchwäldchen, Muckwar, Gosda and Schöllnitz) were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

On 31 March 2002, the municipality of Luckaitztal was formed by merging the municipalities of Buchwäldchen, Muckwar, Gosda and Schöllnitz.

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)

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,257 —     1890 1,126 −0.73% 1910 1,353 +0.92% 1925 1,339 −0.07% 1933 1,250 −0.86% 1939 1,254 +0.05% 1946 1,548 +3.05% 1950 1,611 +1.00% 1964 1,262 −1.73% 1971 1,329 +0.74% 1981 1,150 −1.44% 1985 1,061 −1.99% 1989 965 −2.34% 1990 949 −1.66% 1991 918 −3.27% 1992 897 −2.29% 1993 891 −0.67% 1994 891 +0.00% 1995 903 +1.35% 1996 893 −1.11%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 891 −0.22% 1998 918 +3.03% 1999 928 +1.09% 2000 957 +3.12% 2001 948 −0.94% 2002 970 +2.32% 2003 968 −0.21% 2004 969 +0.10% 2005 961 −0.83% 2006 958 −0.31% 2007 936 −2.30% 2008 904 −3.42% 2009 893 −1.22% 2010 875 −2.02% 2011 876 +0.11% 2012 864 −1.37% 2013 848 −1.85% 2014 845 −0.35% 2015 822 −2.72% 2016 811 −1.34%