Lieberose

Lieberose (Lower Sorbian: Luboraz) is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Cottbus.

Lieberose, Aerial view
Lieberose, Church
Castle Lieberose, around 1861/62, Edition by Alexander Duncker
Castle Lieberose
Town hall
Lieberose
Town
Coat of arms of Lieberose
Coat of arms
Location of Lieberose within Dahme-Spreewald district
Lieberose is located in Germany
Lieberose
Lieberose
Lieberose is located in Brandenburg
Lieberose
Lieberose
Coordinates: 51°58′59″N 14°18′00″E
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictDahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.Lieberose/Oberspreewald
Subdivisions5 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Petra Dreißig[1]
Area
 • Total72.51 km2 (28.00 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,340
 • Density18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
15868
Dialling codes033671
Vehicle registrationLDS
Websitewww.amt-lieberose-oberspreewald.de

History
See also: Lieberose forced labor camp

During World War II, Lieberose forced labor camp, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located here.[3] (The subcamp, KL Lieberose, was a labour camp for the support point of SS- Division "Kurmark". The SS- Division "Kurmark" located in Lieberose and surrounding area.

Near the end of the war, Jewish prisoners were sent on a death march towards Sachsenhausen.[4]

After World War II was the camp a prison camp for the soviet secret service (NKGB).

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)
Lieberose: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[5]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 2,919—    
1890 2,712−0.49%
1910 2,576−0.26%
1925 2,415−0.43%
1933 2,411−0.02%
1939 2,261−1.06%
1946 3,330+5.69%
1950 3,244−0.65%
1964 2,495−1.86%
1971 2,396−0.58%
1981 2,068−1.46%
1985 2,017−0.62%
1989 2,006−0.14%
1990 1,970−1.79%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1991 1,939−1.57%
1992 1,892−2.42%
1993 1,880−0.63%
1994 1,864−0.85%
1995 1,832−1.72%
1996 1,823−0.49%
1997 1,796−1.48%
1998 1,809+0.72%
1999 1,793−0.88%
2000 1,770−1.28%
2001 1,707−3.56%
2002 1,664−2.52%
2003 1,651−0.78%
2004 1,611−2.42%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2005 1,613+0.12%
2006 1,573−2.48%
2007 1,534−2.48%
2008 1,514−1.30%
2009 1,503−0.73%
2010 1,485−1.20%
2011 1,472−0.88%
2012 1,417−3.74%
2013 1,416−0.07%
2014 1,391−1.77%
2015 1,379−0.86%
2016 1,360−1.38%
2017 1,379+1.40%


People from Lieberose
  • Dietrich von der Schulenburg (1849-1911), German politician and member of Prussian parliament

See also

References
  1. Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.
  3. "The List of the Camps". jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  4. Gilbert, Martin (2002). The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN 9780415281454.
  5. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons


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