Schwielochsee

This article is about the German municipality. For the lake, see Schwielochsee (lake).

Not to be confused with Schwielowsee (municipality), also in Brandenburg.

Schwielochsee Gójacki Jazor
Municipality
Location of Schwielochsee within Dahme-Spreewald district
Location of Schwielochsee
Schwielochsee Schwielochsee
Coordinates: 51°59′08″N 14°13′09″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.	Lieberose/Oberspreewald
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Rainer Hilgenfeld
Area
• Total	131.4 km2 (50.7 sq mi)
Highest elevation	103 m (338 ft)
Lowest elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	1,481
• Density	11.27/km2 (29.19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15848, 15913
Dialling codes	033676, 033671, 035478, 035751
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	Gemeinde Schwielochsee

Schwielochsee (German pronunciation: [ʃviːlɔxˌzeː]) or Gójacki Jazor (in Lower Sorbian) is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany formed of 10 small villages. It is located at the southern shores of the lake Schwielochsee.

On 26 October 2003, the municipality of Schwielochsee was formed by merging six municipalities. These were Goyatz-Guhlen, Jessern, Lamsfeld-Groß Liebitz, Mochow, Ressen-Zaue and Speichrow.

Parts of the municipality are in the Sorbian settlement area; in those areas, the German and Lower Sorbian languages have equal status.

History

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Schwielochsee were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 partially of the Bezirk Cottbus (Goyatz-Guhlen, Jessern, Lamsfeld-Groß Liebitz, Mochow and Ressen-Zaue) and partially of the Bezirk Frankfurt (Speichrow) in East Germany. Since 1990, they have again been part of Brandenburg, since 2003 united as the municipality of Schwielochsee.

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)

Schwielochsee: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	2,517	—
1890	2,327	−0.52%
1910	1,985	−0.79%
1925	1,950	−0.12%
1933	1,928	−0.14%
1939	1,929	+0.01%
1946	2,790	+5.41%
1950	2,538	−2.34%
1964	1,785	−2.48%
1971	1,698	−0.71%
1981	1,509	−1.17%
1985	1,491	−0.30%
1989	1,501	+0.17%
1990	1,500	−0.07%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1991	1,506	+0.40%
1992	1,548	+2.79%
1993	1,523	−1.61%
1994	1,522	−0.07%
1995	1,549	+1.77%
1996	1,572	+1.48%
1997	1,588	+1.02%
1998	1,643	+3.46%
1999	1,700	+3.47%
2000	1,706	+0.35%
2001	1,741	+2.05%
2002	1,734	−0.40%
2003	1,699	−2.02%
2004	1,693	−0.35%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2005	1,702	+0.53%
2006	1,668	−2.00%
2007	1,666	−0.12%
2008	1,633	−1.98%
2009	1,628	−0.31%
2010	1,613	−0.92%
2011	1,600	−0.81%
2012	1,561	−2.44%
2013	1,556	−0.32%
2014	1,523	−2.12%
2015	1,499	−1.58%
2016	1,490	−0.60%
2017	1,488	−0.13%