Großkmehlen

Großkmehlen
Castle
Location of Großkmehlen within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Location of Großkmehlen
Großkmehlen
Großkmehlen
Coordinates: 51°23′N 13°44′E / 51.383°N 13.733°E / 51.383; 13.733
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.Ortrand
Subdivisions3 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2024–29) Dietmar Bruntsch[1]
Area
 • Total
13.75 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Elevation
108 m (354 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
1,062
 • Density77.24/km2 (200.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01990
Dialling codes035755
Vehicle registrationOSL
Websitewww.grosskmehlen.de

Großkmehlen (Upper Sorbian: Hłódmehl) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. The places of the municipality Großkmehlen belong to the few places in the southern part of the district Oberspreewald-Lausitz, which are not located in Lusatia.[3]

History

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

Demography

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. ^ Artikel in der Lausitzer Rundschau vom 9. August 2008
  4. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons