Schipkau
Municipality
Coat of arms of Schipkau
Coat of arms
Location of Schipkau within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Schipkau is located in Germany
Schipkau
Schipkau
Schipkau is located in Brandenburg
Schipkau
Schipkau
Coordinates: 51°31′00″N 13°52′59″E / 51.51667°N 13.88306°E / 51.51667; 13.88306
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOberspreewald-Lausitz
Subdivisions6 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2018–26) Klaus Prietzel[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total72.91 km2 (28.15 sq mi)
Elevation
109 m (358 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,576
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01993
Dialling codes035754
Vehicle registrationOSL
Websitewww.gemeinde-schipkau.de

Schipkau (Lower Sorbian: Šejkow, pronounced [ˈʃɛjkɔw]) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography

The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden.

Schipkau counts 5 civil parishes (Ortsteile): Annahütte, Drochow, Hörlitz, Klettwitz and Meuro.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Schipkau was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. In 2021, the Energiepark Lausitz[3] project of the municipality of Schipkau was realized on the Klettwitz Hochkippe by GP JOULE[4] with the partners Terravent and Steinbock EE.[5] There, the open spaces between the existing wind turbines are used for the construction and operation of photovoltaic systems.

Demography

Schipkau: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[6]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 2,807—    
1890 4,569+3.30%
1910 11,921+4.91%
1925 12,980+0.57%
1939 13,218+0.13%
1950 13,992+0.52%
1964 11,614−1.32%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1971 11,017−0.75%
1981 9,257−1.73%
1985 8,857−1.10%
1990 9,807+2.06%
1995 9,518−0.60%
2000 8,659−1.87%
2005 7,605−2.56%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2010 7,357−0.66%
2015 6,813−1.52%
2016 6,764−0.72%
2017 6,800+0.53%
2018 6,703−1.43%
2019 6,661−0.63%
2020 6,638−0.35%

Sport

See also: EuroSpeedway Lausitz

Close to Klettwitz and in north of Schipkau the "EuroSpeedway Lausitz" is located, a race track originally named "Lausitzring".

References

  1. ^ Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 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. ^ Grüner Wasserstoff im Energiepark Lausitz on YouTube, 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ Der Energiepark Lausitz. GP Joule, retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ Lausitzer Netzwerk treibt Wasserstoffzukunft dank Bundesförderung voran. PT-Magazin, 31 January 2021, retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

Media related to Schipkau at Wikimedia Commons


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