Spree-Neiße

Spree-Neiße (Lower Sorbian: Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa, pronounced [ˈwɔkrɛjs ˈsprʲɛwʲa ˈnɨsa]) is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) the districts Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and Kamenz in Saxony, the districts Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Dahme-Spreewald and Oder-Spree. The district-free city Cottbus is surrounded by the district. To the east is Poland.

Spree-Neiße Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
Capital	Forst
Government
• District admin.	Harald Altekrüger (CDU)
Area
• Total	1,647.8 km2 (636.2 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	112,493
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SPN, FOR, GUB, SPB
Website	www.landkreis-spree-neisse.de

Geography

The district is located in the region of Lusatia. The Spree river runs through the district, while the Lusatian Neisse river forms the eastern border, which is at the same time the border of Poland.

History

The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts Cottbus-Land, Forst, Guben and Spremberg.

Coat of arms

District banner of Spree-Neiße

The coat of arms shows four fields each representing one of the previous districts. The crayfish in the topleft symbolizes Cottbus-Land, and is also present in the coat of arms of the city of Cottbus. The lion in the topright is the symbol of the Kingdom of Bohemia, as Spremberg was owned by the Bohemian kings. The deer antler in the bottomright symbolizes Forst, and was taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Biberstein. The crown in the bottomleft represents the kings of Bohemia again, but this time symbolizing Guben.

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Drebkau – Drjowk Forst (Lausitz) Guben Spremberg – Grodk Welzow – Wjelcej Amt-free municipalities Kolkwitz – Gołkojce Neuhausen/Spree Schenkendöbern	1. Burg (Spreewald) Briesen – Brjazyna Burg – Bórkowy1 Dissen-Striesow – Dešno-Strjažow Guhrow – Góry Schmogrow-Fehrow – Smogorjow-Prjawoz Werben – Wjerbno 2. Döbern-Land Döbern1, 2 Felixsee Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf Jämlitz-Klein Düben Neiße-Malxetal Tschernitz Wiesengrund – Łukojce	3. Peitz Drachhausen – Hochoza Drehnow – Drjenow Heinersbrück – Móst Jänschwalde – Janšojce Peitz – Picnjo1, 2 Tauer – Turjej Teichland – Gatojce Turnow-Preilack – Turnow-Pśiłuk
1seat of the Amt; 2town

Demography

• 
  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)
• 
  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Landkreis Spree-Neiße: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 101,025 —     1890 113,766 +0.79% 1910 138,428 +0.99% 1925 144,789 +0.30% 1933 152,241 +0.63% 1939 156,827 +0.50% 1946 174,693 +1.55% 1950 174,606 −0.01% 1964 172,833 −0.07% 1971 169,325 −0.29% 1981 165,870 −0.21% 1985 161,288 −0.70% 1989 158,063 −0.50% 1990 154,926 −1.98% 1991 150,875 −2.61%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 148,339 −1.68% 1993 149,606 +0.85% 1994 150,024 +0.28% 1995 150,364 +0.23% 1996 151,279 +0.61% 1997 151,830 +0.36% 1998 151,016 −0.54% 1999 150,171 −0.56% 2000 148,700 −0.98% 2001 145,929 −1.86% 2002 143,642 −1.57% 2003 141,256 −1.66% 2004 139,464 −1.27% 2005 136,896 −1.84% 2006 135,017 −1.37%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 132,798 −1.64% 2008 130,626 −1.64% 2009 128,470 −1.65% 2010 126,400 −1.61% 2011 121,571 −3.82% 2012 120,178 −1.15% 2013 118,899 −1.06% 2014 118,030 −0.73% 2015 117,635 −0.33% 2016 116,826 −0.69% 2017 115,456 −1.17% 2018 114,429 −0.89% 2019 113,720 −0.62%

External links

• Official website of the Landkreis Spree-Neiße (in German)