Haida is a village located in the Elbe-Elster District of southern Brandenburg in Germany. Located within the Naturpark Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft, it is officially an Ortsteil of the municipality of Röderland since 26 October 2003.StBA: Änderungen bei den Gemeinden Deutschlands, siehe 2003
For the past century or two, the local economy has been shaped by plant nurserys and gravel pits in the north of the village. Additionally a business park spanning lies next to where the Bundesstraße 101 passes the village.
Geography Haida is the northernmost point of Röderland, with Pösen, the administrative center, about south-east of the village.
History
The village's first documented mention is from 1443, where it was named a dominion of Würdenhain. It was then named "Heide", which stems from the Middle High German word for a flat, undeveloped land. A claim of a much older first mention from 1251 exists, though unconfirmed.Emilia Crome: Die Ortsnamen des Kreises Bad Liebenwerda. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1968Die Schwarze Elster Nr. 3 (580), 1981
A decade after it was assigned to the Electorate of Saxony's administrative subdivision (a so-called "Amt") of Mühlberg (see: ), Haida and a few bordering villages were scene of a suppressed peasant upsrising in 1564 against the Amt's administrator , which ended in arrests and convictions.
During the Thirty Years' War, the village was looted by Swedish field marshal Johan Banér in January 1637. It is documented, that in the year of 1652, only two of eleven farms were able to pay their taxes, as a result.
Demography The population quickly grew after the establishment of a rail connection and the foundation of the first industrial businesses in the region. After the Second World War, the population experienced quick growth due to the settlement of German expellees from eastern Europe. After the German Reunification though, many people migrated to the west and birth rates sank. Population numbers from 1875 to 2010Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis 2005 für Brandenburg statistik.brandenburg.de (PDF) Year Population Year Population Year Population Year Population Year Population 1875 174 1946 799 1989 835 1995 800 2001 789 1890 181 1950 787 1990 848 1996 786 2002 758 1910 250 1964 684 1991 814 1997 800 2006 665Elbe-Elster-Rundschau „Das Rundschau-Magazin“ (Ausgabe für Bad Liebenwerda/Elsterwerda), 23. Dezember 2006, Seite 6 1925 430 1971 694 1992 802 1998 8042009 580 1933 531 1981 803 1993 807 1999 805 2010 574 1939 594 1985 807 1994 785 2000 799
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External links
About Haida on the municipal Website