Kroppen

Kroppen
Municipality
Location of Kroppen within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Kroppen Kroppen
Coordinates: 51°22′59″N 13°48′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Ortrand
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Reiner Krämer
Area
• Total	15.16 km2 (5.85 sq mi)
Elevation	112 m (367 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	720
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01945
Dialling codes	035755
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.kroppen-osl.de

Kroppen is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1825, Kroppen 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)

Kroppen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 500 —     1890 540 0.51% 1910 550 0.09% 1925 589 0.46% 1933 580 −0.19% 1939 707 3.36% 1946 820 2.14% 1950 908 2.58% 1964 1,008 0.75% 1971 971 −0.53% 1981 925 −0.48% 1985 916 −0.24% 1989 860 −1.56% 1990 848 −1.40% 1991 840 −0.94% 1992 835 −0.60% 1993 827 −0.96% 1994 826 −0.12% 1995 819 −0.85% 1996 823 0.49%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 814 −1.09% 1998 828 1.72% 1999 817 −1.33% 2000 825 0.98% 2001 804 −2.55% 2002 775 −3.61% 2003 778 0.39% 2004 770 −1.03% 2005 762 −1.04% 2006 753 −1.18% 2007 759 0.80% 2008 746 −1.71% 2009 721 −3.35% 2010 721 0.00% 2011 710 −1.53% 2012 697 −1.83% 2013 682 −2.15% 2014 679 −0.44% 2015 676 −0.44% 2016 678 0.30%