Wiesengrund

See also: Janikowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wiesengrund Łukojce
Municipality
Location of Wiesengrund within Spree-Neiße district
Wiesengrund Wiesengrund
Coordinates: 51°42′00″N 14°34′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Döbern-Land
Subdivisions	5 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Norman Schlüter
Area
• Total	50.08 km2 (19.34 sq mi)
Elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,351
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03149
Dialling codes	035694, 035695
Vehicle registration	SPN

Wiesengrund (Lower Sorbian Łukojce) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Wiesengrund were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. On 31 December 2001, the municipality of Wiesengrund was formed by merging the municipalities of Gahry, Gosda, Jethe, Mattendorf and Trebendorf.

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)

Wiesengrund: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 2,046 —     1890 2,016 −0.10% 1910 2,135 +0.29% 1925 2,281 +0.44% 1933 2,245 −0.20% 1939 2,277 +0.24% 1946 2,848 +3.25% 1950 2,904 +0.49% 1964 2,522 −1.00% 1971 2,381 −0.82% 1981 1,658 −3.55% 1985 1,546 −1.73% 1989 1,521 −0.41% 1990 1,508 −0.85% 1991 1,493 −0.99% 1992 1,489 −0.27% 1993 1,489 +0.00% 1994 1,496 +0.47% 1995 1,548 +3.48% 1996 1,594 +2.97%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,637 +2.70% 1998 1,675 +2.32% 1999 1,688 +0.78% 2000 1,705 +1.01% 2001 1,696 −0.53% 2002 1,692 −0.24% 2003 1,675 −1.00% 2004 1,660 −0.90% 2005 1,686 +1.57% 2006 1,636 −2.97% 2007 1,609 −1.65% 2008 1,593 −0.99% 2009 1,566 −1.69% 2010 1,516 −3.19% 2011 1,461 −3.63% 2012 1,444 −1.16% 2013 1,419 −1.73% 2014 1,382 −2.61% 2015 1,390 +0.58% 2016 1,375 −1.08%

Subdivisions

The city districts are:

• Gahry (Gari)
• Gosda I (Gózna)
  • Dubrau (Dubrawa)
  • Klinge (Klinka)
• Jethe (Jaty)
  • Smarso (Smaržow)
• Mattendorf (Matyjojce)
• Trebendorf (Trjebejce)

The Mattendorf district (Matyjojce) is a designated Sorbian settlement area (Sorbisches Siedlungsgebiet).