Spree-Neiße

Spree-Neiße Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
Capital	Forst
Government
• District admin.	Harald Altekrüger (CDU)
Area
• Total	1,647.8 km2 (636.2 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2024)
• Total	109,635
• Density	66.534/km2 (172.32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SPN, FOR, GUB, SPB
Website	www.landkreis-spree-neisse.de

Spree-Neiße (Lower Sorbian: Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa [ˈwɔkrɛjs ˈsprʲɛwʲa ˈnɨsa]) is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) the districts Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and Kamenz in Saxony, the districts Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Dahme-Spreewald and Oder-Spree. The district-free city Cottbus is surrounded by the district. To the east is Poland.

Geography

The district is located in the region of Lusatia. The Spree river runs through the district, while the Lusatian Neisse river forms the eastern border, which is at the same time the border of Poland.

History

The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts Cottbus-Land, Forst, Guben and Spremberg.

Coat of arms

District banner of Spree-Neiße

The coat of arms shows four fields each representing one of the previous districts. The crayfish in the topleft symbolizes Cottbus-Land, and is also present in the coat of arms of the city of Cottbus. The lion in the topright is the symbol of the Kingdom of Bohemia, as Spremberg was owned by the Bohemian kings. The deer antler in the bottomright symbolizes Forst, and was taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Biberstein. The crown in the bottomleft represents the kings of Bohemia again, but this time symbolizing Guben.

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Drebkau – Drjowk Forst (Lausitz) Guben Spremberg – Grodk Welzow – Wjelcej Amt-free municipalities Kolkwitz – Gołkojce Neuhausen/Spree Schenkendöbern	1. Burg (Spreewald) Briesen – Brjazyna Burg – Bórkowy1 Dissen-Striesow – Dešno-Strjažow Guhrow – Góry Schmogrow-Fehrow – Smogorjow-Prjawoz Werben – Wjerbno 2. Döbern-Land Döbern1, 2 Felixsee Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf Jämlitz-Klein Düben Neiße-Malxetal Tschernitz Wiesengrund – Łukojce	3. Peitz Drachhausen – Hochoza Drehnow – Drjenow Heinersbrück – Móst Jänschwalde – Janšojce Peitz – Picnjo1, 2 Tauer – Turjej Teichland – Gatojce Turnow-Preilack – Turnow-Pśiłuk
1seat of the Amt; 2town

Demography

• 
  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)
• 
  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Landkreis Spree-Neiße: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	101,025	—
1890	113,766	+0.79%
1910	138,428	+0.99%
1925	144,789	+0.30%
1933	152,241	+0.63%
1939	156,827	+0.50%
1946	174,693	+1.55%
1950	174,606	−0.01%
1964	172,833	−0.07%
1971	169,325	−0.29%
1981	165,870	−0.21%
1985	161,288	−0.70%
1989	158,063	−0.50%
1990	154,926	−1.98%
1991	150,875	−2.61%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	148,339	−1.68%
1993	149,606	+0.85%
1994	150,024	+0.28%
1995	150,364	+0.23%
1996	151,279	+0.61%
1997	151,830	+0.36%
1998	151,016	−0.54%
1999	150,171	−0.56%
2000	148,700	−0.98%
2001	145,929	−1.86%
2002	143,642	−1.57%
2003	141,256	−1.66%
2004	139,464	−1.27%
2005	136,896	−1.84%
2006	135,017	−1.37%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	132,798	−1.64%
2008	130,626	−1.64%
2009	128,470	−1.65%
2010	126,400	−1.61%
2011	121,571	−3.82%
2012	120,178	−1.15%
2013	118,899	−1.06%
2014	118,030	−0.73%
2015	117,635	−0.33%
2016	116,826	−0.69%
2017	115,456	−1.17%
2018	114,429	−0.89%
2019	113,720	−0.62%

External links

• Official website of the Landkreis Spree-Neiße (in German)