Spruce forest

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′  N , 13 ° 28 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Elbe Elster
Office :	Close
Height :	112 m above sea level NHN
Area :	31.76 km 2
Residents:	614 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	04936
Area code :	035361
License plate :	EE, FI, LIB
Community key :	12 0 62 134
Community structure:	3 districts
Office administration address:	Herzberger Strasse 7 04936 Schlieben
Mayoress :	Peggy Bulst
Location of the municipality of Fichtwald in the Elbe-Elster district

The municipality of Fichtwald is located in the Elbe-Elster district in Brandenburg and belongs to the Schlieben office with its seat in the town of Schlieben .

geography

The community of Fichtwald is located in the eastern part of the spruce forest , a damp lowland area that is today characterized by meadows, pastures and arable land. The original moorland has been drained more and more since it was settled. The spruce forest is surrounded by six formerly independent villages, three of which became part of the municipality of Fichtwald. The other villages were Proßmarke, Wehrhain and Frankenhain . In the 19th century, peat was extracted from the spruce forest area. With the development of lignite in Lower Lusatia, peat lost its importance and agricultural use became more important again.

Community structure

Districts of the community are Hillmersdorf , Naundorf and Stechau .

history

Hillmersdorf, Naundorf and Stechau belonged to the Schweinitz district in the Prussian province of Saxony since 1816 and to the Herzberg district in the GDR district of Cottbus from 1952 . Since 1993 they have been in the Elbe-Elster district of Brandenburg.

The community of Fichtwald was created on December 31, 2001 from the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent communities of Hillmersdorf, Naundorf and Stechau.

Population development

year	Hillmersdorf	Naundorf	Stechau		year	Spruce forest		year	Spruce forest
1875	300	370	300		2001	802		2015	673
1910	310	300	350		2005	735		2016	649
1939	293	231	342		2010	675		2017	625
1946	447	348	567		2011	660		2018	614
1950	445	332	556		2012	683		2019	614
1971	281	275	447		2013	685
1990	219	243	421		2014	678
1995	210	242	391
2000	206	240	358

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31, from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The community council of Fichtwald consists of eight community representatives and the honorary mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Voter group	Seats
Citizens' Community Fichtwald	5
Free voter community Fichtwald	2
Individual applicant Maik Kuske	1

mayor

• 2003–2014: Reinhard Schulze
• since 2014: Peggy Bulst (Bürgergemeinschaft Fichtwald)

Bulst was elected in the mayoral election on May 26, 2019 with 87.1% of the valid votes for a further five-year term.

Castle in Stechau

Attractions

The list of monuments in Fichtwald includes the monuments entered in the list of monuments of the State of Brandenburg.

traffic

The federal road 87 , which connects Herzberg / Elster with Luckau , runs through the municipality . The district Hillmersdorf lies on the national road L 70 between Hohenbucko and Doberlug-Kirchhain .

Personalities

• Adam Heinrich Dresig (1701–1761), educator and classical philologist, born in Hillmersdorf

Web links

Commons : Fichtwald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Office close
• Link catalog on the topic of spruce forest at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Hans-Dieter Lehmann: The history of the Schliebener country . Book Chamber, Herzberg / Elster 2006
3. ^ Service portal of the state administration Brandenburg. Fichtwald community
4. ^ Formation of a new community in Fichtwald. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of October 9, 2001 Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 12, 2001, Number 44, Potsdam, October 30, 2001, p. 696 PDF
5. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Elbe-Elster district . Pp. 14-17
6. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
7. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
8. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
9. ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 24
10. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 25, 2014
11. ↑ Section 73 of the Brandenburg Local Election Act
12. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019