Hohenbocka

Hohenbocka
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Hohenbocka within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Hohenbocka Hohenbocka
Coordinates: 51°25′59″N 14°00′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Ruhland
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Aina Gutschmidt
Area
• Total	15.59 km2 (6.02 sq mi)
Elevation	128 m (420 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	994
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01945
Dialling codes	035756
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.amt-ruhland.de

Hohenbocka (Lower Sorbian Hory Bukow) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1825, Hohenbocka was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1825 to 1919 of the Province of Silesia, from 1919 to 1938 of the Province of Lower Silesia, again from 1938 to 1941 of the Province of Silesia and again from 1941 to 1945 of the Province of Lower Silesia. From 1945 to 1952 it was part of Saxony and from 1952 to 1990 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)

Hohenbocka: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 700 —     1890 700 +0.00% 1910 1,000 +1.80% 1925 1,164 +1.02% 1933 1,300 +1.39% 1939 1,538 +2.84% 1946 1,697 +1.42% 1950 1,630 −1.00% 1964 1,465 −0.76% 1971 1,435 −0.30% 1981 1,269 −1.22% 1985 1,181 −1.78% 1989 1,134 −1.01% 1990 1,098 −3.17% 1991 1,082 −1.46% 1992 1,076 −0.55% 1993 1,092 +1.49% 1994 1,098 +0.55% 1995 1,109 +1.00% 1996 1,113 +0.36%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,139 +2.34% 1998 1,165 +2.28% 1999 1,187 +1.89% 2000 1,210 +1.94% 2001 1,209 −0.08% 2002 1,195 −1.16% 2003 1,194 −0.08% 2004 1,191 −0.25% 2005 1,177 −1.18% 2006 1,161 −1.36% 2007 1,146 −1.29% 2008 1,127 −1.66% 2009 1,113 −1.24% 2010 1,098 −1.35% 2011 1,041 −5.19% 2012 1,022 −1.83% 2013 1,008 −1.37% 2014 965 −4.27% 2015 958 −0.73% 2016 978 +2.09%