{{Infobox German location |name = Drebkau |German_name = Drjowk <!-- Sorbian name --> |type = Stadt |image_skyline = Drebkauer Hauptstraße 29 Drebkau.jpg |image_caption = Town hall |image_coa = DEU Drebkau COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|39|N|14|13|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Drebkau in SPN.png |state = Brandenburg |district = Spree-Neiße |elevation = 87 |area = 143.91 |postal_code = 03116 |area_code = 035602 |licence = SPN |Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 71 057 |divisions = 10 Ortsteile |website = [http://www.drebkau.de/ www.drebkau.de] |mayor = Paul Köhne<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12071000 Landkreis Spree-Neiße Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters], accessed 2 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2018–26 |party = CDU }}
'''Drebkau''' ({{IPA|de|ˈdʁɛpkaʊ|-|De-Drebkau.ogg}}; {{langx|dsb|Drjowk}}, {{IPA|dsb|ˈdrʲɔwk|pron}}) is a town in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. It is situated {{convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southwest of Cottbus.
==History== [[Image:Schloss Drebkau Sammlung Duncker.jpg|thumb|left|Palace in Drebkau, edition by Alexander Duncker]] It was first mentioned in 1353. The town was at various times ruled by Bohemian, Hungarian, Saxon and monarchs, before it was became part of Prussia in 1815. The coat of arms contains the Czech Lion. From 1815 to 1947, Drebkau was part of the Province of Brandenburg.
During World War II, two forced labour subcamps of the Nazi prison for women in Cottbus were located in the present-day districts of Auras (''Huraz'') and Schorbus (''Skjarbošc''), respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=83|title=Außenkommando des Frauenzuchthaus Cottbus in Auras|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=8 November 2023|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100001060|title=Außenkommando des Frauenzuchthaus Cottbus in Schorbus|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=8 November 2023|language=de}}</ref>
After the war, Drebkau was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Drebkau has been part of Brandenburg.
== Demography == <gallery widths="250" heights="150"> File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Drebkau.pdf|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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Drebkau.pdf|Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line) </gallery>
{{historical populations |align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr |title = Drebkau: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2020)<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 | 5799 | 1890 | 5453 | 1910 | 7420 | 1925 | 7771 | 1939 | 7286 | 1950 | 9311 | 1964 | 8172 | 1971 | 8261 | 1981 | 6937 | 1985 | 6539 | 1990 | 6068 | 1995 | 6272 | 2000 | 6628 | 2005 | 6324 | 2010 | 5910 | 2015 | 5626 | 2016 | 5610 | 2017 | 5580 | 2018 | 5538 | 2019 | 5509 | 2020 | 5508 }}
==Notable people== * Bogumił Šwjela (1873–1948), Sorbian Protestant clergyman, activist and journalist
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