Hohenbocka

Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany

(2019–24) Roland Schmidt^[1]Area • Total15.59 km² (6.02 sq mi)Elevation128 m (420 ft)Population • Total994 • Density64/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes035756Vehicle registrationOSLWebsitewww.amt-ruhland.de

Hohenbocka (Lower Sorbian Hory Bukow) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1825, Hohenbocka 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

Hohenbocka: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 700 —     1890 700 +0.00% 1910 1,000 +1.80% 1925 1,164 +1.02% 1933 1,300 +1.39% 1939 1,538 +2.84% 1946 1,697 +1.42% 1950 1,630 −1.00% 1964 1,465 −0.76% 1971 1,435 −0.30% 1981 1,269 −1.22% 1985 1,181 −1.78% 1989 1,134 −1.01% 1990 1,098 −3.17% 1991 1,082 −1.46% 1992 1,076 −0.55% 1993 1,092 +1.49% 1994 1,098 +0.55% 1995 1,109 +1.00% 1996 1,113 +0.36%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,139 +2.34% 1998 1,165 +2.28% 1999 1,187 +1.89% 2000 1,210 +1.94% 2001 1,209 −0.08% 2002 1,195 −1.16% 2003 1,194 −0.08% 2004 1,191 −0.25% 2005 1,177 −1.18% 2006 1,161 −1.36% 2007 1,146 −1.29% 2008 1,127 −1.66% 2009 1,113 −1.24% 2010 1,098 −1.35% 2011 1,041 −5.19% 2012 1,022 −1.83% 2013 1,008 −1.37% 2014 965 −4.27% 2015 958 −0.73% 2016 978 +2.09%

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