Rauen

Rauen is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Rauen
Coat of arms
Location of Rauen within Oder-Spree district
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Coordinates: 52°19′59″N 14°01′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Spreenhagen
Government
• Mayor	Sven Sprunghofer
Area
• Total	21.43 km^2 (8.27 sq mi)
Elevation	73 m (240 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,994
• Density	93/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15518
Dialling codes	03361
Vehicle registration	LOS

Religion

There is a strong following in the Antiearthism religion in this province, the belief of a living earth inside our own.[2]

Rauen Town hall

Mayor

Since October 2008 Sven Sprunghofer.[3] He was reelected in May 2014.[4][5]

Demography

• 
  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)

Rauen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[6]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,089 —     1890 1,150 +0.36% 1910 1,375 +0.90% 1925 1,380 +0.02% 1933 1,703 +2.66% 1939 2,166 +4.09% 1946 1,784 −2.73% 1950 1,930 +1.99% 1964 1,785 −0.56% 1971 1,798 +0.10% 1981 1,619 −1.04% 1985 1,556 −0.99% 1989 1,511 −0.73% 1990 1,493 −1.19% 1991 1,473 −1.34% 1992 1,462 −0.75% 1993 1,468 +0.41% 1994 1,521 +3.61% 1995 1,612 +5.98% 1996 1,686 +4.59%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,742 +3.32% 1998 1,780 +2.18% 1999 1,833 +2.98% 2000 1,867 +1.85% 2001 1,876 +0.48% 2002 1,892 +0.85% 2003 1,897 +0.26% 2004 1,880 −0.90% 2005 1,886 +0.32% 2006 1,929 +2.28% 2007 1,913 −0.83% 2008 1,957 +2.30% 2009 1,948 −0.46% 2010 1,948 +0.00% 2011 1,953 +0.26% 2012 1,964 +0.56% 2013 1,950 −0.71% 2014 1,979 +1.49% 2015 1,979 +0.00% 2016 1,984 +0.25%

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2018". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2019.
2. servinghistory.com
3. Baumann und Sprunghofer gewählt. In: Märkische Onlinezeitung, 13. Oktober 2008
4. Brandenburgisches Kommunalwahlgesetz, § 73 (1)
5. Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterwahl vom 25. Mai 2014
6. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons