title: Fichtwald
text: # Fichtwald
  
  Fichtwald is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
  
  ## History
  
  From 1815 to 1944, the constituent localities of Fichtwald was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, they were part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. On 31 December 2001, the municipality of Fichtwald was formed by merging the municipalities of Hillmersdorf, Naundorf and Stechau.
  
  ## 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)
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1875 | 970 | — |
  | 1890 | 980 | +0.07% |
  | 1910 | 960 | −0.10% |
  | 1925 | 1,001 | +0.28% |
  | 1933 | 931 | −0.90% |
  | 1939 | 866 | −1.20% |
  | 1946 | 1,362 | +6.68% |
  | 1950 | 1,333 | −0.54% |
  | 1964 | 1,019 | −1.90% |
  | 1971 | 1,003 | −0.23% |
  | 1981 | 943 | −0.61% |
  | 1985 | 952 | +0.24% |
  | 1989 | 890 | −1.67% |
  | 1990 | 883 | −0.79% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 1991 | 854 | −3.28% |
  | 1992 | 851 | −0.35% |
  | 1993 | 841 | −1.18% |
  | 1994 | 845 | +0.48% |
  | 1995 | 843 | −0.24% |
  | 1996 | 833 | −1.19% |
  | 1997 | 817 | −1.92% |
  | 1998 | 813 | −0.49% |
  | 1999 | 813 | +0.00% |
  | 2000 | 804 | −1.11% |
  | 2001 | 802 | −0.25% |
  | 2002 | 780 | −2.74% |
  | 2003 | 775 | −0.64% |
  | 2004 | 759 | −2.06% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 2005 | 735 | −3.16% |
  | 2006 | 716 | −2.59% |
  | 2007 | 709 | −0.98% |
  | 2008 | 703 | −0.85% |
  | 2009 | 686 | −2.42% |
  | 2010 | 675 | −1.60% |
  | 2011 | 660 | −2.22% |
  | 2012 | 683 | +3.48% |
  | 2013 | 685 | +0.29% |
  | 2014 | 678 | −1.02% |
  | 2015 | 673 | −0.74% |
  | 2016 | 649 | −3.57% |
  | 2017 | 625 | −3.70% |
  