Turnow-Preilack

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

Turnow-Preilack Turnow-Pśiłuk
Municipality
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Location of Turnow-Preilack within Spree-Neiße district
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Coordinates: 51°52′00″N 14°24′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Peitz
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	René Sonke[1]
Area
• Total	38.02 km2 (14.68 sq mi)
Elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,104
• Density	29/km2 (75/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 municipality of Turnow-Preilack was formed on 31 December 2001 by merging the municipalities of Turnow and Preilack.

From 1815 to 1947, Turnow and Preilack were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

After World War II, Turnow and Preilack were incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, they have been part of Brandenburg, since 2001 united as the municipality of Turnow-Preilack.

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)

Turnow-Preilack: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 879 —     1890 1,226 +2.24% 1910 1,236 +0.04% 1925 1,202 −0.19% 1933 1,234 +0.33% 1939 1,251 +0.23% 1946 1,542 +3.03% 1950 1,505 −0.61% 1964 1,297 −1.06% 1971 1,291 −0.07% 1981 1,181 −0.89% 1985 1,161 −0.43% 1989 1,143 −0.39% 1990 1,122 −1.84%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 1,120 −0.18% 1992 1,109 −0.98% 1993 1,109 +0.00% 1994 1,138 +2.61% 1995 1,173 +3.08% 1996 1,236 +5.37% 1997 1,262 +2.10% 1998 1,282 +1.58% 1999 1,302 +1.56% 2000 1,291 −0.84% 2001 1,290 −0.08% 2002 1,304 +1.09% 2003 1,294 −0.77% 2004 1,293 −0.08%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 1,289 −0.31% 2006 1,269 −1.55% 2007 1,235 −2.68% 2008 1,233 −0.16% 2009 1,222 −0.89% 2010 1,204 −1.47% 2011 1,184 −1.66% 2012 1,163 −1.77% 2013 1,150 −1.12% 2014 1,145 −0.43% 2015 1,154 +0.79% 2016 1,147 −0.61% 2017 1,145 −0.17%