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{{Infobox German location
|name = Tauer
|German_name       = Turjej <!-- Sorbian name -->
|image_coa            = Wappen der Gemeinde Tauer.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|54|N|14|27|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Tauer in SPN.png
|state        = Brandenburg
|district         = Spree-Neiße
|Amt               = Peitz
|elevation              = 61
|area            = 41.91
|postal_code               = 03185
|area_code           = 035601
|licence               = SPN
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 71 384
|mayor             = Karin Kallauke<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
}}
'''Tauer''' ([[Lower Sorbian language|Sorbian]]: '''Turjej''') is a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] in the district of [[Spree-Neiße]], in [[Lower Lusatia]], [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]].
==History==
The area is known to have been settled as early as the Bronze Age. The first written mention was in 1632 as Tawern Tauer. In 1652, it was known as the village of Taurow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peitz.de/p/dt2.asp?artikel_id=&liste=420&tmpl_typ=Liste |title=Geschichtliches aus der Gemeinde Tauer |accessdate=27 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719072153/http://www.peitz.de/p/dt2.asp?artikel_id=&liste=420&tmpl_typ=Liste |archivedate=19 July 2011 }}</ref> From 1815 to 1947, Tauer was part of the [[Prussia|Prussian]] [[Province of Brandenburg]]. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the [[Bezirk Cottbus]] of [[East Germany]].
== Demography ==
[[File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Tauer.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=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Tauer: 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 | 948
| 1890 | 971
| 1910 | 1043
| 1925 | 1027
| 1933 | 986
| 1939 | 954
| 1946 | 1316
| 1950 | 1244
| 1964 | 964
| 1971 | 919
| 1981 | 817
| 1985 | 772
| 1989 | 740
| 1990 | 749
| 1991 | 739
| 1992 | 730
| 1993 | 734
| 1994 | 742
| 1995 | 758
| 1996 | 764
| 1997 | 787
| 1998 | 816
| 1999 | 830
| 2000 | 818
| 2001 | 820
| 2002 | 809
| 2003 | 797
| 2004 | 804
| 2005 | 805
| 2006 | 804
| 2007 | 792
| 2008 | 787
| 2009 | 762
| 2010 | 751
| 2011 | 745
| 2012 | 739
| 2013 | 728
| 2014 | 719
| 2015 | 709
| 2016 | 698
| 2017 | 694
}}
==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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