Tauer

Tauer (Sorbian: Turjej) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

Tauer Turjej
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Tauer within Spree-Neiße district
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Coordinates: 51°54′N 14°27′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Peitz
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Karin Kallauke[1]
Area
• Total	41.91 km2 (16.18 sq mi)
Elevation	61 m (200 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	703
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03185
Dialling codes	035601
Vehicle registration	SPN

History

The area is known to have been settled as early as the Bronze Age. The first written mention was in 1632 as Tawern Tauer. In 1652, it was known as the village of Taurow.^[3] From 1815 to 1947, Tauer was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. 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)

Tauer: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)^[4]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 948 —     1890 971 +0.16% 1910 1,043 +0.36% 1925 1,027 −0.10% 1933 986 −0.51% 1939 954 −0.55% 1946 1,316 +4.70% 1950 1,244 −1.40% 1964 964 −1.80% 1971 919 −0.68% 1981 817 −1.17% 1985 772 −1.41% 1989 740 −1.05% 1990 749 +1.22%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 739 −1.34% 1992 730 −1.22% 1993 734 +0.55% 1994 742 +1.09% 1995 758 +2.16% 1996 764 +0.79% 1997 787 +3.01% 1998 816 +3.68% 1999 830 +1.72% 2000 818 −1.45% 2001 820 +0.24% 2002 809 −1.34% 2003 797 −1.48% 2004 804 +0.88%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 805 +0.12% 2006 804 −0.12% 2007 792 −1.49% 2008 787 −0.63% 2009 762 −3.18% 2010 751 −1.44% 2011 745 −0.80% 2012 739 −0.81% 2013 728 −1.49% 2014 719 −1.24% 2015 709 −1.39% 2016 698 −1.55% 2017 694 −0.57%