# Peitz

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{{About|the German town}}
{{Infobox German location
|name = Peitz
|German_name       = Picnjo<!-- Sorbian name -->
|type              = Stadt
|image_coa         = Wappen Peitz.png
|image_photo       = Peitz - Blick vom Festungsturm.jpg
|image_caption     =
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|52|00|N|14|25|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Peitz in SPN.png
|state        = Brandenburg
|district         = Spree-Neiße
|Amt               = Peitz
|elevation         = 61
|area            = 13.49
|postal_code       = 03185
|area_code         = 035601
|licence           = SPN
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 71 304
|website           = {{website|http://www.peitz.de/}}
|mayor             = Jörg Krakow<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12071000 Landkreis Spree-Neiße Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 10 July 2024.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2024&ndash;29
|party             = independent
}}
'''Peitz''' ({{IPA|de|paɪts|lang|De-Peitz.ogg}}; {{langx|dsb|Picnjo}}; {{langx|pl|Pieczyn}})<ref>{{cite map|author=Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny Sztabu Generalnego W.P.|title=Mapa Polski|map=Legnica|year=1947|scale=1:500,000|language=pl}}</ref> is a town in the district of [Spree-Neiße](/source/Spree-Nei%C3%9Fe), in [Lower Lusatia](/source/Lower_Lusatia), [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg), in eastern [Germany](/source/Germany).

==Overview==
It is situated {{convert|13|km|mi|0}} northeast of [Cottbus](/source/Cottbus). Surrounded by freshwater lakes, it is well known for its fishing industry. The town was at one time on the border between the states of Brandenburg and [Saxony](/source/Saxony), and was formerly protected by strong artillery fortifications built in brick, dating from the 16th century. Only small parts of these remain.

==History==
thumb|left|Town hall in the 1950s
From 1661 to 1678, Peitz was the place of imprisonment of [Hieronymus Roth](/source/Hieronymus_Roth), leader of the opposition of the city of [Königsberg](/source/Kaliningrad) against [Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg](/source/Frederick_William%2C_the_Great_Elector), and opponent of the secession of the city from the Kingdom of Poland.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Christopher|title=Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600−1947|year=2006|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|page=60}}</ref>

From 1815 to 1947, Peitz was part of the [Prussian](/source/Prussia) [Province of Brandenburg](/source/Province_of_Brandenburg).

After [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Peitz was incorporated into the State of [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg) from 1947 to 1952 and the [Bezirk Cottbus](/source/Bezirk_Cottbus) of [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Peitz has been part of Brandenburg.
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== Demography ==
[[File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Peitz.pdf|thumb|left|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](/source/Nazi_Germany); Red Background: Time of communist [East Germany](/source/East_Germany))]]

===Noted People===

''[Lilly Kann](/source/Lilly_Kann)'' (British film character actress) - (Born Peitz, 1893). Though the ''[BFI](/source/BFI)'' website claims she was born in Berlin.

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=2 | percentages=pagr
|title = Peitz: 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 | 3431
| 1890 | 4098
| 1910 | 4570
| 1925 | 3414
| 1933 | 3515
| 1939 | 3846
| 1946 | 5449
| 1950 | 5077
| 1964 | 4473
| 1971 | 4395
| 1981 | 6384
| 1985 | 6073
| 1989 | 5676
| 1990 | 5582
| 1991 | 6103
| 1992 | 4853
| 1993 | 6189
| 1994 | 6137
| 1995 | 6377
| 1996 | 6468
| 1997 | 6568
| 1998 | 5689
| 1999 | 5549
| 2000 | 5478
| 2001 | 5266
| 2002 | 5375
| 2003 | 5277
| 2004 | 5414
| 2005 | 5033
| 2006 | 4971
| 2007 | 4866
| 2008 | 4792
| 2009 | 4684
| 2010 | 4597
| 2011 | 4500
| 2012 | 4420
| 2013 | 4449
| 2014 | 4369
| 2015 | 4445
| 2016 | 4400
}}

== People ==
* 1893: [Lily Kann](/source/Lily_Kann), actress
* 1969: [Jörg Schwanke](/source/J%C3%B6rg_Schwanke), footballer
* 1971: [Jana Thiel](/source/Jana_Thiel), journalist

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Cities and towns in Spree-Neiße (district)}}
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Category:Populated places in Spree-Neiße
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