Drehnow

Drehnow Drjenow
Municipality
Location of Drehnow within Spree-Neiße district
Drehnow Drehnow
Coordinates: 51°52′00″N 14°22′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Peitz
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Markus Erb
Area
• Total	10.95 km2 (4.23 sq mi)
Elevation	61 m (200 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	513
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03185
Dialling codes	035601
Vehicle registration	SPN
Website	www.Drehnow.de

Drehnow (Lower Sorbian: Drjenow, pronounced [ˈdrʲɛnɔw]; Polish: Drzonów) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Drehnow was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

After World War II, Drehnow was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Drehnow has been part 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)

Drehnow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 666 —     1890 727 +0.59% 1910 703 −0.17% 1925 691 −0.11% 1933 715 +0.43% 1939 722 +0.16% 1946 888 +3.00% 1950 839 −1.41% 1964 712 −1.17% 1971 682 −0.61% 1981 638 −0.66% 1985 644 +0.23% 1989 625 −0.75% 1990 617 −1.28% 1991 626 +1.46% 1992 630 +0.64% 1993 640 +1.59% 1994 634 −0.94% 1995 641 +1.10% 1996 668 +4.21%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 674 +0.90% 1998 676 +0.30% 1999 667 −1.33% 2000 663 −0.60% 2001 653 −1.51% 2002 648 −0.77% 2003 638 −1.54% 2004 635 −0.47% 2005 620 −2.36% 2006 616 −0.65% 2007 606 −1.62% 2008 587 −3.14% 2009 583 −0.68% 2010 578 −0.86% 2011 571 −1.21% 2012 548 −4.03% 2013 546 −0.36% 2014 548 +0.37% 2015 550 +0.36% 2016 538 −2.18%