Großkmehlen

Großkmehlen
Municipality
Castle
Location of Großkmehlen within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Großkmehlen Großkmehlen
Coordinates: 51°23′N 13°44′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Ortrand
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Dietmar Bruntsch
Area
• Total	13.75 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Elevation	108 m (354 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,067
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01990
Dialling codes	035755
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.grosskmehlen.de

Großkmehlen is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. The places of the municipality Großkmehlen belong to the few places in the southern part of the district Oberspreewald-Lausitz, which are not located in Lusatia.

History

From 1815 to 1944, Großkmehlen was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

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)

Großkmehlen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 850 —     1890 870 +0.16% 1910 910 +0.23% 1925 966 +0.40% 1933 966 +0.00% 1939 984 +0.31% 1946 1,467 +5.87% 1950 1,627 +2.62% 1964 1,623 −0.02% 1971 1,668 +0.39% 1981 1,541 −0.79% 1985 1,517 −0.39% 1989 1,460 −0.95% 1990 1,439 −1.44% 1991 1,410 −2.02% 1992 1,396 −0.99% 1993 1,430 +2.44% 1994 1,360 −4.90% 1995 1,355 −0.37% 1996 1,351 −0.30%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,342 −0.67% 1998 1,323 −1.42% 1999 1,326 +0.23% 2000 1,332 +0.45% 2001 1,333 +0.08% 2002 1,325 −0.60% 2003 1,312 −0.98% 2004 1,289 −1.75% 2005 1,286 −0.23% 2006 1,267 −1.48% 2007 1,255 −0.95% 2008 1,237 −1.43% 2009 1,176 −4.93% 2010 1,182 +0.51% 2011 1,097 −7.19% 2012 1,105 +0.73% 2013 1,094 −1.00% 2014 1,097 +0.27% 2015 1,086 −1.00% 2016 1,103 +1.57%