Schönwald, Brandenburg

Schönwald is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany.

Schönwald
Municipality
Location of Schönwald within Dahme-Spreewald district
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Coordinates: 51°59′N 13°42′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.	Unterspreewald
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Roland Gefreiter[1]
Area
• Total	44.85 km2 (17.32 sq mi)
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,207
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15910
Dialling codes	035474
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	www.unterspreewald.de

History

The present Schönwald as an entity was created from the voluntary merger of two previously independent municipalities, Schönwalde (Lower Sorbian Běły Gózd) und Waldow-Brand. Today it is in the jurisdiction of the district of Unterspreewald, the seat of which is itself in Schönwald.

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)

Schönwald: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,436 —     1890 1,314 −0.59% 1910 1,340 +0.10% 1925 1,318 −0.11% 1933 1,447 +1.17% 1939 1,473 +0.30% 1946 2,142 +5.49% 1950 2,004 −1.65% 1964 1,539 −1.87% 1971 1,557 +0.17% 1981 1,419 −0.92% 1985 1,410 −0.16% 1989 1,403 −0.12% 1990 1,376 −1.92%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 1,348 −2.03% 1992 1,345 −0.22% 1993 1,612 +19.85% 1994 1,608 −0.25% 1995 1,662 +3.36% 1996 1,654 −0.48% 1997 1,690 +2.18% 1998 1,675 −0.89% 1999 1,290 −22.99% 2000 1,287 −0.23% 2001 1,286 −0.08% 2002 1,262 −1.87% 2003 1,250 −0.95% 2004 1,261 +0.88%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 1,263 +0.16% 2006 1,238 −1.98% 2007 1,234 −0.32% 2008 1,202 −2.59% 2009 1,196 −0.50% 2010 1,175 −1.76% 2011 1,170 −0.43% 2012 1,171 +0.09% 2013 1,144 −2.31% 2014 1,141 −0.26% 2015 1,129 −1.05% 2016 1,170 +3.63% 2017 1,155 −1.28%