Bronkow

For the Polish village, see Bronków.

Bronkow
Municipality
Location of Bronkow within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°40′00″N 13°55′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Altdöbern
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Martina Möller
Area
• Total	38.21 km2 (14.75 sq mi)
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	555
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03205
Dialling codes	035435
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.amt-altdoebern.de

Bronkow (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁɔŋko], Lower Sorbian: [ˈbrɔŋkɔw]) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography

Bronkow is one of the five municipalities in the Amt of Altdöbern. The municipality includes the districts (German: Ortsteile) of Lipten (Lower Sorbian: Libeśin) and Lug (Ług), as well as the inhabited communities (bewohnte Gemeindeteile) of Rutzkau (Cernjow) and Saadow (Žadow) and the residential areas of Amandusdorf and Forsthaus Lipten.

History

From 1815 to 1945, Bronkow was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

From 1952 to 1990, it was part 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)

Bronkow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,092 —     1890 928 −1.08% 1910 1,011 +0.43% 1925 975 −0.24% 1933 968 −0.09% 1939 1,072 +1.72% 1946 1,300 +2.79% 1950 1,288 −0.23% 1964 924 −2.34% 1971 945 +0.32% 1981 796 −1.70% 1985 757 −1.25% 1989 755 −0.07% 1990 764 +1.19% 1991 742 −2.88% 1992 739 −0.40% 1993 739 +0.00% 1994 739 +0.00% 1995 728 −1.49% 1996 728 +0.00%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 721 −0.96% 1998 718 −0.42% 1999 720 +0.28% 2000 732 +1.67% 2001 741 +1.23% 2002 723 −2.43% 2003 707 −2.21% 2004 700 −0.99% 2005 692 −1.14% 2006 680 −1.73% 2007 658 −3.24% 2008 652 −0.91% 2009 654 +0.31% 2010 628 −3.98% 2011 638 +1.59% 2012 637 −0.16% 2013 635 −0.31% 2014 610 −3.94% 2015 601 −1.48% 2016 586 −2.50%