{{Infobox German place |image_skyline = Sommerlinde am kriegerdenkmal crinitz 2022-03-27 6.jpg |image_coa = |coordinates = {{coord|51|43|59|N|13|46|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Crinitz in EE.png |state = Brandenburg |district = Elbe-Elster |Amt = Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz) |elevation = 99 |area = 21.83 |postal_code = 03246 |area_code = 035324 |licence = EE, FI, LIB |Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 62 088 |divisions = 3 Ortsteile |website = [http://www.crinitz.de/ www.crinitz.de] |mayor = Uwe Mader<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12062000 Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 10 July 2024.</ref> |leader_term = 2024–29 }} '''Crinitz''' (Lower Sorbian: ''Krynica'') is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
==History== From 1815 to 1947, Crinitz was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. The municipality in its current borders was created on 26 October 2003 by the legally decreed incorporation of the municipality of Gahro into the municipality of Crinitz.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bravors.brandenburg.de/sixcms/detail.php?gsid=land_bb_bravors_01.c.14010.de |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.bravors.brandenburg.de |title=BRAVORS - Schnellsuche }}</ref> Both municipalities had been administered by the Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz) office (until 1995 Amt Kleine Elster) since 1992.
==Demography== thumb|200px|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=3 | percentages=pagr |title = Crinitz: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2017)<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 | 958 | 1890 | 1011 | 1910 | 1030 | 1925 | 1134 | 1933 | 1355 | 1939 | 1482 | 1946 | 2049 | 1950 | 2142 | 1964 | 2008 | 1971 | 2104 | 1981 | 1782 | 1985 | 1730 | 1989 | 1681 | 1990 | 1664 | 1991 | 1638 | 1992 | 1636 | 1993 | 1629 | 1994 | 1635 | 1995 | 1632 | 1996 | 1626 | 1997 | 1636 | 1998 | 1608 | 1999 | 1557 | 2000 | 1566 | 2001 | 1541 | 2002 | 1519 | 2003 | 1512 | 2004 | 1481 | 2005 | 1450 | 2006 | 1407 | 2007 | 1373 | 2008 | 1340 | 2009 | 1339 | 2010 | 1295 | 2011 | 1257 | 2012 | 1236 | 2013 | 1238 | 2014 | 1226 | 2015 | 1222 | 2016 | 1214 | 2017 | 1196 }}
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