Schipkau

Schipkau
Coat of arms
Schipkau
Location of Schipkau within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Coordinates: 51°31′00″N 13°52′59″E / 51.51667°N 13.88306°ECoordinates: 51°31′00″N 13°52′59″E / 51.51667°N 13.88306°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Government
• Mayor	Karl Prietzel
Area
• Total	72.91 km^2 (28.15 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,915
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	01993
Dialling codes	035754
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.gemeinde-schipkau.de

Schipkau is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography

The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden.

Schipkau counts 5 civil parishes (Ortsteile): Annahütte, Drochow, Hörlitz, Klettwitz and Meuro.

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

Sport

Close to Klettwitz and in north of Schipkau it is located the "EuroSpeedway Lausitz", a race track originally named "Lausitzring".

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.

External links

Media related to Schipkau at Wikimedia Commons