Spreenhagen

Spreenhagen (Lower Sorbian: Sprjewiny Ług) is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Spreenhagen
Municipality
Location of Spreenhagen within Oder-Spree district
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Coordinates: 52°20′37″N 13°52′28″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Spreenhagen
Subdivisions	5 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Christine Reinhold[1]
Area
• Total	136.00 km2 (52.51 sq mi)
Elevation	39 m (128 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,447
• Density	25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15528
Dialling codes	033633
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.amt-spreenfield.de

History

From 1815 to 1947, Spreenhagen was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

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)

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 3,137 —     1890 3,084 −0.11% 1910 3,511 +0.65% 1925 3,509 −0.00% 1933 3,539 +0.11% 1939 3,978 +1.97% 1946 3,821 −0.57% 1950 3,715 −0.70% 1964 3,058 −1.38% 1971 3,063 +0.02% 1981 3,133 +0.23% 1985 3,112 −0.17% 1989 3,170 +0.46% 1990 3,116 −1.70% 1991 3,092 −0.77% 1992 3,087 −0.16% 1993 3,057 −0.97% 1994 3,222 +5.40% 1995 3,204 −0.56% 1996 3,221 +0.53%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 3,238 +0.53% 1998 3,303 +2.01% 1999 3,402 +3.00% 2000 3,463 +1.79% 2001 3,512 +1.41% 2002 3,549 +1.05% 2003 3,540 −0.25% 2004 3,534 −0.17% 2005 3,535 +0.03% 2006 3,534 −0.03% 2007 3,526 −0.23% 2008 3,494 −0.91% 2009 3,473 −0.60% 2010 3,441 −0.92% 2011 3,250 −5.55% 2012 3,245 −0.15% 2013 3,208 −1.14% 2014 3,226 +0.56% 2015 3,229 +0.09% 2016 3,232 +0.09%

Local council

The local council of Spreenhagen has 16 members. Elections were held on May 25, 2014 with the following results:

• SPD = 35.8% (6 seats)
• GfB (Free Citizens) = 28.9% (5 seats)
• DCM (Club Markgrafpieske)= 13.0% (2 seats)
• LINKE = 9.2% (1 seat)
• CDU = 7.5% (1 seat)
• NPD = 5.6% (1 seat)

Notable residents

• Marienetta Jirkowsky (1962–1980), one of at least 139 victims at the Berlin Wall; also one of only eight female victims, and the youngest of those eight female victims.^[4]