Tauche

Tauche (Lower Sorbian: Tuchow) is a municipality on both sides of the river Spree in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany. The large municipality consists of 12 parts (German: Ortsteile) or villages with other local parts/settlements, respectively. The seat of the municipal administration is located in the village of the same name.

Tauche
Location of Tauche within Oder-Spree district
Tauche  is located in Germany
Tauche
Tauche
Tauche  is located in Brandenburg
Tauche
Tauche
Coordinates: 52°07′00″N 14°07′00″E
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOder-Spree
Subdivisions12 districts
Government
  Mayor (202129) Stephanie Erdmann[1]
Area
  Total119.93 km2 (46.31 sq mi)
Elevation
53 m (174 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total3,784
  Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
15848
Dialling codes033675
Vehicle registrationLOS
Websitewww.gemeinde-tauche.de

In 1813, explorer of Australia and naturalist, Ludwig Leichhardt, was born in the hamlet of Sabrodt near Trebatsch. That made, in 1998, the federal state of Brandenburg award the village of Trebatsch the additional name "Leichhardt-Gemeinde" (Leichhardt Municipality).[3]

Author Günter de Bruyn has been living since 1969 in Görsdorf. In Kossenblatt there is a castle, Schloss Kossenblatt, which is said to have been the favourite palace of the "Soldier King" Frederick William I of Prussia.

Division of the municipality

Tauche consists of the following districts (German: Ortsteile):

Castle of Kossenblatt between 1857 and 1883
  • Briescht (Lower Sorbian Brěšc), including the local place Schwarzer Kater
  • Falkenberg (Sokolnica)
  • Giesensdorf (Gižojce), including the village Wulfersdorf
  • Görsdorf (Górice), including the village Premsdorf (Pśemysłojce) and the local place Blabber
  • Kossenblatt (Kósomłot)
  • Lindenberg
  • Mittweide
  • Ranzig (Rańšyk)
  • Stremmen (Tšumjeń)
  • Tauche (Tuchow)
  • Trebatsch (Žrobolce), including the villages Rocher (Rochow), Sabrodt (Zabrod) and Sawall (Zawal)
  • Werder/Spree (Łucka)

History

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

After World War II, Tauche was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Tauche is again part of Brandenburg.

Demography

Tauche: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[4]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 4,235    
1890 4,113−0.19%
1910 4,211+0.12%
1925 4,391+0.28%
1939 4,576+0.30%
1950 5,864+2.28%
1964 4,801−1.42%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1971 4,930+0.38%
1981 4,506−0.90%
1985 4,517+0.06%
1990 4,400−0.52%
1995 4,378−0.10%
2000 4,295−0.38%
2005 4,043−1.20%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2010 3,881−0.81%
2015 3,875−0.03%
2016 3,872−0.08%
2017 3,816−1.45%
2018 3,820+0.10%
2019 3,809−0.29%
2020 3,789−0.53%

See also

References

  1. "Stephanie Erdmann überzeugt und wird neue Bürgermeisterin von Tauche". Märkische Oderzeitung. 22 March 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.
  3. Awarding the additional name "Leichhardt-Gemeinde": Bekanntmachung des Ministeriums des Innern vom 27. März 1998. Amtsblatt für Brandenburg Gemeinsames Ministerialblatt für das Land Brandenburg, 9. Jahrgang, Nummer 15, 22. April 1998, S.438.
  4. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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