Schwielochsee

This article is about the German municipality. For the lake, see Schwielochsee (lake).

Schwielochsee is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany formed of 10 small villages. It is located at the southern shores of the lake Schwielochsee.

Schwielochsee
Municipality
Location of Schwielochsee within Dahme-Spreewald district
Schwielochsee Schwielochsee
Coordinates: 51°59′08″N 14°13′09″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.	Lieberose/Oberspreewald
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Rainer Hilgenfeld
Area
• Total	130.83 km2 (50.51 sq mi)
Highest elevation	103 m (338 ft)
Lowest elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,501
• Density	11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15848, 15913
Dialling codes	033676, 033671, 035478, 035751
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	Gemeinde Schwielochsee

History

On 26 October 2003, the municipality of Schwielochsee was formed by merging six municipalities. These were Goyatz-Guhlen, Jessern, Lamsfeld-Groß Liebitz, Mochow, Ressen-Zaue and Speichrow.

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Schwielochsee were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 partially (Goyatz-Guhlen, Jessern, Lamsfeld-Groß Liebitz, Mochow and Ressen-Zaue) of the Bezirk Cottbus and partially (Speichrow) of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany. Since 1990, they have again been part of Brandenburg, since 2003 united as the municipality of Schwielochsee.

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)

Schwielochsee: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 2,517 —     1890 2,327 −0.52% 1910 1,985 −0.79% 1925 1,950 −0.12% 1933 1,928 −0.14% 1939 1,929 +0.01% 1946 2,790 +5.41% 1950 2,538 −2.34% 1964 1,785 −2.48% 1971 1,698 −0.71% 1981 1,509 −1.17% 1985 1,491 −0.30% 1989 1,501 +0.17% 1990 1,500 −0.07%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 1,506 +0.40% 1992 1,548 +2.79% 1993 1,523 −1.61% 1994 1,522 −0.07% 1995 1,549 +1.77% 1996 1,572 +1.48% 1997 1,588 +1.02% 1998 1,643 +3.46% 1999 1,700 +3.47% 2000 1,706 +0.35% 2001 1,741 +2.05% 2002 1,734 −0.40% 2003 1,699 −2.02% 2004 1,693 −0.35%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 1,702 +0.53% 2006 1,668 −2.00% 2007 1,666 −0.12% 2008 1,633 −1.98% 2009 1,628 −0.31% 2010 1,613 −0.92% 2011 1,600 −0.81% 2012 1,561 −2.44% 2013 1,556 −0.32% 2014 1,523 −2.12% 2015 1,499 −1.58% 2016 1,490 −0.60% 2017 1,488 −0.13%