Steinkirchen (Lübben (Spreewald))

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Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ 45 "  N , 13 ° 53 ′ 45"  E
Height : 52 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1467  (2006)
Incorporation : April 1, 1939
Postal code : 15907
Area code : 03546
Steinkirchen, St. Pankratius Church

Steinkirchen , Kamjena in Lower Sorbian , is a district of the city of Lübben (Spreewald) in the south of the Dahme-Spreewald district in Brandenburg .

location

Steinkirchen is located in Niederlausitz in the Spreewald biosphere reserve . Surrounding villages are the city of Lübben in the north, Ratsvorwerk in the east, the Lübbenau district of Ragow in the south, Neuendorf in the southwest and Treppendorf in the west.

Steinkirchen is located on the state road 49 to Lübbenau. The Berlin – Görlitz railway line runs south of the village, and the 87 federal road from Luckau to Beeskow runs north . Today Steinkirchen has grown together structurally with the city of Lübben.

history

Steinkirchen was first mentioned in 1396 as Steynkirche . On April 1, 1939 Steinkirchen was incorporated into the city of Lübben .

The St. Pankratius Church in Steinkirchen was built around 1240 and is therefore one of the oldest stone churches in Lower Lusatia. The place name is also derived from the construction of the church. The church has been named after the Roman martyr Pankratius since 1500 .

Population development

Population development in Steinkirchen from 1875 to 1933
year Residents year Residents
1875 1,016 1925 1,747
1890 1,258 1933 1,681
1910 1,745

proof

  1. ^ Lübben Stadtleben: Stadtteile von Lübben , accessed: March 6, 2017
  2. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. (PDF; 331 kB) District Dahme-Spreewald. State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg, December 2006, accessed on March 6, 2017 .

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