Tauer

Tauer
Coat of arms
Tauer
Location of Tauer within Spree-Neiße district
Coordinates: 51°54′N 14°27′E / 51.900°N 14.450°ECoordinates: 51°54′N 14°27′E / 51.900°N 14.450°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Peitz
Government
• Mayor	Dieter Sommer (FDP)
Area
• Total	41.91 km^2 (16.18 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	728
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	03185
Dialling codes	035601
Vehicle registration	SPN

Tauer is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Brandenburg, Germany.

History

The area is known to have been settled as early as the Bronze Age. The first written mention was in 1632 as Tawern Tauer. In 1652, it was known as the village of Taurow.^[2]

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)

Tauer:
Population development within the current boundaries^[3]

Year Population 1875 948 1890 971 1910 1 043 1925 1 027 1933 986 1939 954 1946 1 316 1950 1 244 1964 964 1971 919

Year Population 1981 817 1985 772 1989 740 1990 749 1991 739 1992 730 1993 734 1994 742 1995 758 1996 764

Year Population 1997 787 1998 816 1999 830 2000 818 2001 820 2002 809 2003 797 2004 804 2005 805 2006 804

Year Population 2007 792 2008 787 2009 762 2010 751 2011 745 2012 739 2013

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.^[4]

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. "Geschichtliches aus der Gemeinde Tauer". Retrieved 27 February 2011.
3. Boundaries as of 2013
4. Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

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