Guhrow

Guhrow Góry
Municipality
Location of Guhrow within Spree-Neiße district
Guhrow Guhrow
Coordinates: 51°49′N 14°14′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Spree-Neiße
Municipal assoc.	Burg (Spreewald)
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Frank Engelking
Area
• Total	6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	502
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03096
Dialling codes	035606
Vehicle registration	SPN
Website	www.amt-burg-spreewald.de

Guhrow (Lower Sorbian and Polish: Góry) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Guhrow was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

After World War II, Guhrow was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Guhrow has been part of Brandenburg.

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)

Guhrow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 500 —     1890 474 −0.36% 1910 465 −0.10% 1925 495 +0.42% 1933 486 −0.23% 1939 477 −0.31% 1946 673 +5.04% 1950 641 −1.21% 1964 547 −1.13% 1971 513 −0.91% 1981 472 −0.83% 1985 464 −0.43% 1989 429 −1.94% 1990 414 −3.50% 1991 403 −2.66% 1992 404 +0.25% 1993 406 +0.50% 1994 409 +0.74% 1995 420 +2.69% 1996 437 +4.05%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 452 +3.43% 1998 518 +14.60% 1999 553 +6.76% 2000 582 +5.24% 2001 588 +1.03% 2002 589 +0.17% 2003 586 −0.51% 2004 589 +0.51% 2005 600 +1.87% 2006 585 −2.50% 2007 583 −0.34% 2008 578 −0.86% 2009 563 −2.60% 2010 558 −0.89% 2011 543 −2.69% 2012 546 +0.55% 2013 531 −2.75% 2014 523 −1.51% 2015 514 −1.72% 2016 520 +1.17%