Kremitzaue

Kremitzaue
Municipality
Location of Kremitzaue within Elbe-Elster district
Location of Kremitzaue
Kremitzaue Kremitzaue
Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 13°40′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Municipal assoc.	Schlieben
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Reinhard Claus
Area
• Total	23.41 km2 (9.04 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	786
• Density	33.6/km2 (87.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04936
Dialling codes	035361
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB

Kremitzaue is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1944, the constituent localities of Kremitzaue were part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, they were part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. On 31 December 2001, the municipality of Kremitzaue was formed by merging the municipalities of Kolochau, Malitschkendorf and Polzen.

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)

Kremitzaue:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Population 1875 1 060 1890 1 060 1910 1 070 1925 1 067 1933 1 129 1939 1 116 1946 1 532 1950 1 469 1964 1 211 1971 1 194

Year Population 1981 1 143 1985 1 104 1989 1 028 1990 1 024 1991 1 081 1992 1 114 1993 1 248 1994 1 245 1995 1 238 1996 1 232

Year Population 1997 1 236 1998 1 247 1999 1 026 2000 1 018 2001 1 021 2002 1 033 2003 1 018 2004 995 2005 989 2006 976

Year Population 2007 962 2008 947 2009 930 2010 921 2011 876 2012 865 2013 830 2014 828 2015 809 2016 803