Kolkwitz

Kolkwitz
Popular pub „Koselmühle“, located near Glinzig
Coat of arms
Kolkwitz
Location of Kolkwitz within Spree-Neiße district
Coordinates: 51°45′00″N 14°15′00″E / 51.75000°N 14.25000°ECoordinates: 51°45′00″N 14°15′00″E / 51.75000°N 14.25000°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Government
• Mayor	Fritz Handrow
Area
• Total	104.02 km^2 (40.16 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	9,274
• Density	89/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	03099
Dialling codes	0355, 035603, 035604, 035606
Vehicle registration	SPN
Website	www.kolkwitz.de

Kolkwitz (Lower Sorbian Golkojce) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in southeastern Brandenburg.

Geography

Kolkwitz is situated 5 km west of Cottbus. location

This central position makes Kolkwitz a good base for exploring trips to

• Berlin
• Dresden
• the Spreewald (Lübbenau, Lübben or Burg)
• the worldfamous „Park of Branitz“ (in Cottbus) and Park von Muskau created by famous landscape-gardener Hermann von Pückler-Muskau.
• „Lutherstadt“ Wittenberg – former hometown of Martin Luther.
• Tropical Islands Resort near Lübben
• Poland

History

First documentation concerning Kolkwitz is based in the 13th century.

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 (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Kolkwitz:
Population development within the current boundaries^[2]

Year Population 1875 5 701 1890 6 296 1910 6 880 1925 7 352 1933 7 869 1939 8 975 1946 10 466 1950 10 521 1964 8 939 1971 8 447

Year Population 1981 7 831 1985 7 689 1989 7 636 1990 7 555 1991 7 486 1992 7 470 1993 7 788 1994 8 148 1995 8 622 1996 9 121

Year Population 1997 9 634 1998 9 980 1999 10 188 2000 10 270 2001 10 254 2002 10 225 2003 10 228 2004 10 118 2005 9 989 2006 9 965

Year Population 2007 9 885 2008 9 773 2009 9 664 2010 9 542 2011 9 289 2012 9 301

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.^[3]

Tourism

Pictures from Kolkwitz can be found here. Clicking the pictures gives you further information ( German only).

There's a bunker of former airforce of German Democratic Republic (GS-31), which can be visited. website

Hotels and restaurants are listed here.

Clubs

Biggest sportsclub in Kolkwitz is the SV Kolkwitz 1896 e.V. .

Kolkwitzer Carneval Club e. V. is known to be one of the most active Carneval Clubs in the region.

Motorsportclub Hänchen arranges German Open Masterships in Motocross (motorbikes) every year.

Firebrigades (German: „Feuerwehren“) in the different towns of the municipality are a very popular.

More clubs can be found here.

Towns of the municipality

The municipality Kolkwitz exists since the year 1993. It includes the following towns:

Kolkwitz Eichow Gulben Glinzig Hänchen Dahlitz Papitz Limberg Krieschow

Babow/Spreewald Brodtkowitz Kackrow Klein Gaglow Zahsow Kunersdorf Milkersdorf Wiesendorf

Partnership

There are partnerships between Kolkwitz and the towns following:

• Großmehring in the Bavarian district Eichstätt (Germany). Partnership established on June 18 and September 24 in 1994.
• Torzym in the Lubusz Voivodeship (Poland). Partnership established on June 10, 2006.

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. Boundaries as of 2013
3. Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

• Kolkwitz municipality
• Bunker-Museum Kolkwitz (GS-31)