Döbern

Döbern
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Döbern within Spree-Neiße district
Döbern Döbern
Coordinates: 51°37′N 14°36′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Döbern-Land
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Jörg Rakete (SPD)
Area
• Total	15.73 km2 (6.07 sq mi)
Elevation	144 m (472 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,126
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03159
Dialling codes	035600
Vehicle registration	SPN
Website	www.doebern.de

Döbern (Lower Sorbian Derbno) is a town in the district of Spree-Neiße, in southeastern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km southeast of Cottbus, and 15 km south of Forst (Lausitz).

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)

Döbern: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 765 —     1890 1,068 +2.25% 1910 4,135 +7.00% 1925 4,168 +0.05% 1933 4,587 +1.20% 1939 4,632 +0.16% 1946 4,334 −0.95% 1950 4,856 +2.88% 1964 5,009 +0.22% 1971 5,150 +0.40% 1981 5,072 −0.15% 1985 4,883 −0.94% 1989 4,732 −0.78% 1990 4,672 −1.27% 1991 4,593 −1.69% 1992 4,515 −1.70% 1993 4,433 −1.82% 1994 4,389 −0.99% 1995 4,322 −1.53% 1996 4,259 −1.46%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 4,224 −0.82% 1998 4,186 −0.90% 1999 4,171 −0.36% 2000 4,118 −1.27% 2001 4,053 −1.58% 2002 4,047 −0.15% 2003 4,027 −0.49% 2004 3,983 −1.09% 2005 3,895 −2.21% 2006 3,851 −1.13% 2007 3,786 −1.69% 2008 3,696 −2.38% 2009 3,642 −1.46% 2010 3,618 −0.66% 2011 3,501 −3.23% 2012 3,399 −2.91% 2013 3,351 −1.41% 2014 3,328 −0.69% 2015 3,296 −0.96% 2016 3,291 −0.15%