Lauchhammer | |
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) Church of Christ, the King | |
) Coat of arms | |
Location of Lauchhammer within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district  | |
)  Lauchhammer ) Lauchhammer | |
| Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 13°48′00″E / 51.50000°N 13.80000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Oberspreewald-Lausitz |
| Subdivisions | 5 Stadt- und 2 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roland Pohlenz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 88.43 km2 (34.14 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 94 m (308 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 14,336 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 01979 |
| Dialling codes | 03574 |
| Vehicle registration | OSL |
| Website | www.lauchhammer.de |
Lauchhammer (Lower Sorbian: Łuchow) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden.
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)
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)
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Transport
Lauchhammer lies on the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway and offers connections to Leipzig and Cottbus.
People
- Hans-Joachim Brauske (born 1943), boxer
- Magdalena Schmidt(born 1949), gymnast
- Klaus Haertter (born 1952), fencer
- Thomas Gumpert (1952–2021), actor
- Annelore Zinke (born 1958), gymnast
- Jens Kunath (born 1967), footballer
- Sven Benken (born 1970), footballer
- Annett Neumann (born 1970), track cyclist
- Mario Veit (born 1973), boxer
- Sebastian Schuppan (born 1986), footballer
- Stefan Härtel (born 1988), boxer
- Martin Zurawsky (born 1990), footballer
- Danny Breitfelder (born 1997), footballer
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons