Golßen

Coordinates: 51°58′N 13°36′E / 51.967°N 13.600°E / 51.967; 13.600
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Golßen
Town
Market square and town hall
Market square and town hall
Coat of arms of Golßen
Coat of arms
Location of Golßen within Dahme-Spreewald district
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Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Daniela Maurer (SPD)
Area
 • Total63.29 km2 (24.44 sq mi)
Elevation
58 m (190 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total2,505
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
15938
Dialling codes035452
Vehicle registrationLDS

Golßen (German pronunciation:

Unterspreewald
.

Geography

It is situated in the northwest of the Lower Lusatia region, close to the border with the Brandenburgian Mittelmark core territory. The municipal area stretches from the eastern (Lower) Fläming Heath down to the Glogau-Baruth Urstromtal (glacial valley) traversed by the Dahme River. It also comprises the villages of Mahlsdorf and Zützen.

Golßen station is a stop on the Berlin–Dresden railway line. The area around the town is known for the cultivation of Spreewald gherkins.

History

Golßen Castle, 2013 condition
Golßen pharmacy
Golßen Town hall

The settlement arose in the course of the German Ostsiedlung eastward migration during the 11th century, possibly at the site of an earlier Slavic village of fortress. Golsyn in the March of Lusatia was first mentioned in a 1276 deed issued by the Wettin margraves. With the former march, Golßen was purchased by the Luxembourg emperor Charles IV in 1367 and incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. The Bohemian kings temporarily put the estates around Golßen Castle in pawn to several holders, such as Margrave William I of Meissen (in 1395).

During the

Kleist noble family. A Baroque palace in Zützen, erected according to plans designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, burnt down completely in the late days of World War II
.

After the Napoleonic Wars, Golßen was incorporated into the Prussian province of Brandenburg in 1816.

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)
Golßen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[2]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 2,994—    
1890 3,243+0.53%
1910 3,015−0.36%
1925 2,998−0.04%
1933 2,893−0.44%
1939 2,840−0.31%
1946 4,263+5.97%
1950 4,175−0.52%
1964 3,400−1.46%
1971 3,349−0.22%
1981 3,115−0.72%
1985 3,112−0.02%
1989 3,103−0.07%
1990 3,125+0.71%
1991 3,092−1.06%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 3,056−1.16%
1993 3,053−0.10%
1994 3,015−1.24%
1995 2,995−0.66%
1996 3,003+0.27%
1997 2,956−1.57%
1998 3,005+1.66%
1999 3,025+0.67%
2000 2,994−1.02%
2001 2,938−1.87%
2002 2,923−0.51%
2003 2,868−1.88%
2004 2,852−0.56%
2005 2,817−1.23%
2006 2,746−2.52%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 2,730−0.58%
2008 2,661−2.53%
2009 2,627−1.28%
2010 2,616−0.42%
2011 2,554−2.37%
2012 2,532−0.86%
2013 2,532+0.00%
2014 2,505−1.07%
2015 2,567+2.48%
2016 2,575+0.31%
2017 2,553−0.85%
2018 2,542−0.43%
2019 2,509−1.30%
2020 2,507−0.08%

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2019

local elections
:

The mayor in Golßen is Daniela Maurer (SPD).

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Eberhard von Droste zu Zützen (1662-1726), Saxon general, commander of the
    fortress Königstein
    and landlord
  • Knut Hickethier (born 1945), media scientist
  • Alfred Hoffmann (born 1958), Catholic clergyman

References

  1. Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg
    (in German). June 2023.
  2. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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