Dissen-Striesow

Dissen-Striesow Dešno-Strjažow
Municipality
Location of Dissen-Striesow within Spree-Neiße district
Dissen-Striesow Dissen-Striesow
Coordinates: 51°49′00″N 14°18′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Burg (Spreewald)
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Fred Kaiser (Ind.)
Area
• Total	19.72 km2 (7.61 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	980
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03096
Dialling codes	035606
Vehicle registration	SPN
Website	www.dissen-striesow.de

Dissen-Striesow (Lower Sorbian: Dešno-Strjažow, pronounced [ˈdɛʃnɔ ˈstrʲaʒɔw]) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

The municipality of Dissen-Striesow was formed on 31 December 2001 by merging the municipalities of Dissen and Striesow.

From 1815 to 1947, Dissen and Striesow were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

After World War II, Dissen and Striesow were incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, they have been part of Brandenburg, since 2001 united as Dissen-Striesow.

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)

Dissen-Striesow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,169 —     1890 1,147 −0.13% 1910 1,038 −0.50% 1925 1,042 +0.03% 1933 1,039 −0.04% 1939 1,013 −0.42% 1946 1,214 +2.62% 1950 1,127 −1.84% 1964 973 −1.04% 1971 946 −0.40% 1981 919 −0.29% 1985 890 −0.80% 1989 857 −0.94% 1990 849 −0.93% 1991 846 −0.35% 1992 927 +9.57% 1993 866 −6.58% 1994 890 +2.77% 1995 912 +2.47% 1996 946 +3.73%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,005 +6.24% 1998 1,036 +3.08% 1999 1,069 +3.19% 2000 1,082 +1.22% 2001 1,090 +0.74% 2002 1,102 +1.10% 2003 1,090 −1.09% 2004 1,091 +0.09% 2005 1,097 +0.55% 2006 1,073 −2.19% 2007 1,052 −1.96% 2008 1,042 −0.95% 2009 1,039 −0.29% 2010 1,033 −0.58% 2011 1,014 −1.84% 2012 1,023 +0.89% 2013 1,036 +1.27% 2014 1,013 −2.22% 2015 1,006 −0.69% 2016 993 −1.29%