Tauche

Tauche
Tauche
Location of Tauche within Oder-Spree district
Coordinates: 52°07′00″N 14°07′00″E / 52.11667°N 14.11667°E / 52.11667; 14.11667Coordinates: 52°07′00″N 14°07′00″E / 52.11667°N 14.11667°E / 52.11667; 14.11667
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Government
• Mayor	Gerd Mai (Ind.)
Area
• Total	119.93 km2 (46.31 sq mi)
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,875
• Density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15848
Dialling codes	033675
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.gemeinde-tauche.de

Tauche (Lower Sorbian Tuchow) is a municipality on both sides of the river Spree in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany. The large municipality consists of 12 parts (German: Ortsteile) respectively villages with other local parts/settlements. The seat of the municipal administration is located in the village that is called Tauche as well.

In 1813, an explorer of Australia and naturalist, Ludwig Leichhardt, was born in Sabordt. That made, in 1998, the federal state of Brandenburg give the village of Trebatsch the additional name Leichhardt Gemeinde (Leichhardt Municipality).

Author Günter de Bruyn has been living since 1969 in Görsdorf. In Koseenblatt is a castle, Schloss Kossenblatt, which is said to have been the favourite palace of the 'Soldier King' Frederick William I of Prussia.

Tauche consists of the following districts (German: Ortsteile):

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)

Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts