Uebigau-Wahrenbrück

Uebigau-Wahrenbrück
Town
Market square in Uebigau
Coat of arms
Location of Uebigau-Wahrenbrück within Elbe-Elster district
Uebigau-Wahrenbrück Uebigau-Wahrenbrück
Coordinates: 51°33′N 13°21′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Municipal assoc.	Liebenwerda
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Dittgard Hapich
Area
• Total	134.91 km2 (52.09 sq mi)
Elevation	84 m (276 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	5,159
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04924, 04938
Dialling codes	035365
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB
Website	www.uebigau-wahrenbrueck.de

Uebigau-Wahrenbrück is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 11 km northwest of Bad Liebenwerda, and 21 km east of Torgau.

Geography

The town is composed by the villages of Bahnsdorf, Beiersdorf, Beutersitz, Bomsdorf, Bönitz, Domsdorf, Drasdo, Kauxdorf, Langennaundorf, Marxdorf, München/Elster, Neudeck, Prestewitz, Rothstein, Saxdorf, Uebigau (municipal seat), Wahrenbrück, Wiederau, Wildgrube, Winkel and Zinsdorf.

History

From 1815 to 1944, the constituent localities of Uebigau-Wahrenbrück 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 town of Uebigau-Wahrenbrück was formed by merging the towns of Uebigau and Wahrenbrück with the municipalities of Bahnsdorf, Drasdo and Wiederau.

Demography

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  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)
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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Uebigau-Wahrenbrück: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 6,311 —     1890 6,667 +0.37% 1910 7,470 +0.57% 1925 8,253 +0.67% 1933 8,137 −0.18% 1939 8,206 +0.14% 1946 11,773 +5.29% 1950 11,524 −0.53% 1964 8,942 −1.80% 1971 8,743 −0.32% 1981 7,707 −1.25% 1985 7,556 −0.49% 1989 7,359 −0.66% 1990 7,264 −1.29% 1991 7,109 −2.13%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 7,066 −0.60% 1993 7,023 −0.61% 1994 7,027 +0.06% 1995 6,922 −1.49% 1996 6,948 +0.38% 1997 6,959 +0.16% 1998 6,913 −0.66% 1999 6,915 +0.03% 2000 6,845 −1.01% 2001 6,727 −1.72% 2002 6,624 −1.53% 2003 6,550 −1.12% 2004 6,521 −0.44% 2005 6,392 −1.98% 2006 6,259 −2.08%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 6,145 −1.82% 2008 6,007 −2.25% 2009 5,892 −1.91% 2010 5,769 −2.09% 2011 5,755 −0.24% 2012 5,717 −0.66% 2013 5,598 −2.08% 2014 5,532 −1.18% 2015 5,462 −1.27% 2016 5,324 −2.53% 2017 5,321 −0.06% 2018 5,245 −1.43% 2019 5,206 −0.74% 2020 5,233 +0.52%

See also

• Marxdorfer Wolfshund

Gustav Seyffarth, 1837

Notable people

• Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702–1771), a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist
• Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759), a German composer and tenor.
• Gustav Seyffarth (1796–1885), a German-American Egyptologist

External links

Media related to Uebigau-Wahrenbrück at Wikimedia Commons