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{{Infobox German location
|image_coa            =
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|22|59|N|13|48|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Kroppen in OSL.svg
|state        = Brandenburg
|district         = Oberspreewald-Lausitz
|Amt               = Ortrand
|elevation              = 112
|area            = 15.16
|postal_code               = 01945
|area_code           = 035755
|licence               = OSL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 66 168
|divisions         = 2 [[Ortsteil]]e
|website           = [http://www.kroppen-osl.de/ www.kroppen-osl.de]
|mayor             = Reiner Krämer<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12066000 Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 3 July 2024.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2024&ndash;29
|party             = 
}}
'''Kroppen''' is a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] in the [[Oberspreewald-Lausitz]] district, in [[Upper Lusatia]], [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]].

==History==
From 1815 to 1825, Kroppen was part of the [[Prussia]]n [[Province of Brandenburg]], from 1825 to 1919 of the [[Province of Silesia]], from 1919 to 1938 of the [[Province of Lower Silesia]], again from 1938 to 1941 of the Province of Silesia and again from 1941 to 1945 of the Province of Lower Silesia. From 1945 to 1952 it was part of [[Saxony]] and from 1952 to 1990 of the [[Bezirk Cottbus]] of [[East Germany]].

== Demography ==
[[File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Kroppen.pdf|thumb|left|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)]]

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=2 | percentages=pagr
|title = Kroppen: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2013)<ref>Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]</ref>
| 1875 | 500
| 1890 | 540
| 1910 | 550
| 1925 | 589
| 1933 | 580
| 1939 | 707
| 1946 | 820
| 1950 | 908
| 1964 | 1008
| 1971 | 971
| 1981 | 925
| 1985 | 916
| 1989 | 860
| 1990 | 848
| 1991 | 840
| 1992 | 835
| 1993 | 827
| 1994 | 826
| 1995 | 819
| 1996 | 823
| 1997 | 814
| 1998 | 828
| 1999 | 817
| 2000 | 825
| 2001 | 804
| 2002 | 775
| 2003 | 778
| 2004 | 770
| 2005 | 762
| 2006 | 753
| 2007 | 759
| 2008 | 746
| 2009 | 721
| 2010 | 721
| 2011 | 710
| 2012 | 697
| 2013 | 682
| 2014 | 679
| 2015 | 676
| 2016 | 678
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cities and towns in Oberspreewald-Lausitz (district)}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Oberspreewald-Lausitz]]


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