Schipkau

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Schipkau
Coat of arms of Schipkau
Location of Schipkau within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Schipkau is located in Germany
Schipkau
Schipkau
Coordinates: 51°31′00″N 13°52′59″E / 51.51667°N 13.88306°E / 51.51667; 13.88306Coordinates: 51°31′00″N 13°52′59″E / 51.51667°N 13.88306°E / 51.51667; 13.88306
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOberspreewald-Lausitz
Subdivisions6 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2018–26) Klaus Prietzel[1]
Area
 • Total72.91 km2 (28.15 sq mi)
Elevation
109 m (358 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,638
 • Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01993
Dialling codes035754
Vehicle registrationOSL
Websitewww.gemeinde-schipkau.de

Schipkau (Lower Sorbian: Šejkow) 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): , , , Klettwitz and .

Demography[]

Schipkau: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 2,807—    
1890 4,569+3.30%
1910 11,921+4.91%
1925 12,980+0.57%
1939 13,218+0.13%
1950 13,992+0.52%
1964 11,614−1.32%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1971 11,017−0.75%
1981 9,257−1.73%
1985 8,857−1.10%
1990 9,807+2.06%
1995 9,518−0.60%
2000 8,659−1.87%
2005 7,605−2.56%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2010 7,357−0.66%
2015 6,813−1.52%
2016 6,764−0.72%
2017 6,800+0.53%
2018 6,703−1.43%
2019 6,661−0.63%
2020 6,638−0.35%

Sport[]

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

People Joachim Lurkowski[]

Joachim Klaus Lurkowski

born Jan8,1936 Past April 2021

References[]

  1. ^ Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2020". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2021.
  3. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links[]

Media related to Schipkau at Wikimedia Commons


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