Calau

Calau

Town hall of Calau

Coat of arms
Calau

Coordinates: 51°44′45″N 13°57′03″E / 51.74583°N 13.95083°E / 51.74583; 13.95083Coordinates: 51°44′45″N 13°57′03″E / 51.74583°N 13.95083°E / 51.74583; 13.95083
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Government
  Mayor Werner Suchner (Ind.)
Area
  Total 162.59 km2 (62.78 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 8,034
  Density 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 03205
Dialling codes 03541
Vehicle registration OSL, CA, SFB
Website www.calau.de/
Calau with parish church
Calau 1758

Calau (German pronunciation: [kaːlaʊ], Sorbian: Kalawa) is a small town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 14 km south of Lübbenau, and 27 km west of Cottbus. Calau is also called the home of the Kalauer.

Geography

The Town of Calau is situated in the middle of the Niederlausitz, about 27 km west of Cottbus at the eastern edge of the Lower Lusatian Ridge Nature Park as well as at the southern edge of the famous Spreewald.

The area around Calau is strongly characterized by former brown-coal-mining sites, which are valuable retreat areas for animals and plants nowadays. Many places are left to nature after recultivation, the Heinz-Sielmann-Stiftung adopted numerous areas, others are managed near-natural and sustainably by the "Landesforstverwaltung". Foresters offer walking tours through the region. Particularly the "Geologische und Naturlehrpfad Luttchensberg" is a sight to see.

Town subdivisions

Population

There are only a few people with Sorbian roots living in Calau today, although the Sorbs were quite a large minority in 1843 with about 30.8 percent of the overall population. In following years the number of Sorbs decreased rapidly, and in 1900 only 3.5 percent of the population were Sorbs.

Demography

Calau:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)
[3]
Year Population
1875 7 359
1890 7 266
1910 7 536
1925 7 942
1933 8 028
1939 8 303
1946 11 148
1950 11 045
1964 11 155
1971 11 378
Year Population
1981 10 496
1985 10 638
1989 10 842
1990 10 710
1991 10 536
1992 10 495
1993 10 400
1994 10 393
1995 10 317
1996 10 218
Year Population
1997 10 156
1998 10 066
1999 9 961
2000 9 809
2001 9 680
2002 9 557
2003 9 429
2004 9 335
2005 9 222
2006 9 072
Year Population
2007 8 939
2008 8 813
2009 8 666
2010 8 522
2011 8 315
2012 8 152
2013 8 034

Politics

Municipal Assembly

The municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) consists of 18 "Stadtverordneten" plus the "Buergermeister" (town mayor).

(Stand: Kommunalwahl am 28. September 2008)

International relations

Historical sites

Memorial for Joachim Gottschalk

Economy and infrastructure

The transmitter station Calau, which belongs to the Deutsche Telekom radiates a variety of VHF-and TV-programmes of the rbb for Brandenburg. Its radio mast is a reinforced concrete tower of 190 m height, the so-called "Langer Calauer", in the southwest of town. It was built in 1982.

Traffic

Calau train station

There are no "Bundesstrassen" going through Calau, the motorway junction Calau is seven km to the northwest at the A 13.

Calau is situated at the railroad lines CottbusLeipzig and LübbenauSenftenberg.

Edification

Schools

Personalities

References

  1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2013 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2014.
  2. ...more at the german Wikipedia
  3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

Bibliography

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