Ortrand

Town in Brandenburg, Germany

(2019–24) Niko Gebel^[1] (CDU)Area • Total7.34 km² (2.83 sq mi)Elevation110 m (360 ft)Population • Total2,057 • Density280/km² (730/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes035755Vehicle registrationOSLWebsitewww.stadt-ortrand.de

Ortrand (pronunciation^ⓘ; 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

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

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