Ortrand

Ortrand
Town
Train station
Coat of arms
Location of Ortrand within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°22′00″N 13°46′59″E / 51.36667°N 13.78306°E / 51.36667; 13.78306
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Ortrand
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Maik Bethke[1]
Area
• Total	7.34 km^2 (2.83 sq mi)
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,021
• Density	275/km^2 (713/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01990
Dialling codes	035755
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.stadt-ortrand.de

Ortrand (German pronunciation: [ˈɔʁtʁant] ^ⓘ; Upper Sorbian: Wótrań, pronounced [ˈwʊtʁajn]) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Senftenberg, and 36 km north of Dresden.

History

From 1815 to 1944, Ortrand was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1947 to 1952 it was part of Saxony-Anhalt and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

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)

Ortrand: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,739 —     1890 1,793 +0.20% 1910 2,054 +0.68% 1925 2,288 +0.72% 1933 2,416 +0.68% 1939 2,574 +1.06% 1946 3,268 +3.47% 1950 3,259 −0.07% 1964 3,143 −0.26% 1971 3,152 +0.04% 1981 3,049 −0.33% 1985 3,070 +0.17% 1989 2,946 −1.03% 1990 2,839 −3.63% 1991 2,846 +0.25% 1992 2,802 −1.55% 1993 2,776 −0.93% 1994 2,744 −1.15% 1995 2,739 −0.18% 1996 2,740 +0.04%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 2,721 −0.69% 1998 2,716 −0.18% 1999 2,680 −1.33% 2000 2,634 −1.72% 2001 2,601 −1.25% 2002 2,570 −1.19% 2003 2,539 −1.21% 2004 2,544 +0.20% 2005 2,504 −1.57% 2006 2,430 −2.96% 2007 2,370 −2.47% 2008 2,316 −2.28% 2009 2,295 −0.91% 2010 2,265 −1.31% 2011 2,257 −0.35% 2012 2,213 −1.95% 2013 2,196 −0.77% 2014 2,164 −1.46% 2015 2,154 −0.46% 2016 2,144 −0.46%

Sons and daughters of the town

• Paul Lindau (1881-1945), sculptor
• Lutz Heßlich (born 1959), track racing cyclist, Olympic champion 1980 and 1988
• Gloria Siebert (born 1964), hurdler

References

1. Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
2. "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons