Guteborn

Guteborn (Upper Sorbian Wudwor) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district of Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

Guteborn
Municipality
Location of Guteborn within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°25′00″N 13°55′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Ruhland
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Ralf Pavlik
Area
• Total	16.65 km2 (6.43 sq mi)
Elevation	114 m (374 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	522
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01945
Dialling codes	035752
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.amt-ruhland.de

History

From 1815 to 1825, Guteborn was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1825 to 1919 of the Province of Silesia, from 1919 to 1938 of the Province of Lower Silesia, again from 1938 to 1941 of the Province of Silesia and again from 1941 to 1945 of the Province of Lower Silesia. From 1945 to 1952 it was part of Saxony and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

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)

Guteborn: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 300 —     1890 350 1.03% 1910 400 0.67% 1925 507 1.59% 1933 573 1.54% 1939 617 1.24% 1946 679 1.38% 1950 747 2.41% 1964 797 0.46% 1971 784 −0.23% 1981 664 −1.65% 1985 668 0.15% 1989 670 0.07% 1990 673 0.45% 1991 654 −2.82% 1992 641 −1.99% 1993 645 0.62% 1994 654 1.40% 1995 662 1.22% 1996 653 −1.36%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 664 1.68% 1998 674 1.51% 1999 671 −0.45% 2000 666 −0.75% 2001 653 −1.95% 2002 643 −1.53% 2003 644 0.16% 2004 624 −3.11% 2005 624 0.00% 2006 601 −3.69% 2007 598 −0.50% 2008 590 −1.34% 2009 576 −2.37% 2010 580 0.69% 2011 552 −4.83% 2012 533 −3.44% 2013 545 2.25% 2014 537 −1.47% 2015 542 0.93% 2016 533 −1.66%