Dahme-Spreewald

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Dahme-Spreewald
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Dahme-Spreewald
State	Brandenburg
District seat	Lübben (Spreewald)
Area	2,261 km²
Population	160,266 (June 30, 2004)
Pop. density	71 /km²
Licence plate code	LDS
Web page	dahme-spreewald.de

Dahme-Spreewald is a district in Brandenburg, Germany.

1 History
2 Coat of arms
3 Towns and municipalities
4 Other websites

[change] History

The Spreewald region has always been a centre of Sorbian culture.

When the state of Brandenburg was newly founded in 1990, the districts of Lübben, Luckau and Königs Wusterhausen were formed. In 1993 the three districts were merged.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

top left: the bull is the heraldic animal of Lusatia
top right: the eagle is the heraldic animal of Brandenburg
bottom: the crown is the former hunting lodge of the Prussian kings, which was in Königs Wusterhausen

[change] Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Königs Wusterhausen Lübben (Spreewald) Luckau Mittenwalde Amt-free municipalities Bestensee Eichwalde Heideblick Heidesee Märkische Heide Schönefeld Schulzendorf Wildau Zeuthen	1. Golßener Land Drahnsdorf Golßen^{1, 2} Kasel-Golzig Steinreich 2. Lieberose/Oberspreewald Alt Zauche-Wußwerk Byhleguhre-Byhlen Jamlitz Lieberose^{1, 2} Neu Zauche Schwielochsee Spreewaldheide Straupitz	3. Schenkenländchen Groß Köris Halbe Märkisch Buchholz² Münchehofe Schwerin Teupitz^{1, 2} 4. Unterspreewald Bersteland Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg Rietzneuendorf-Staakow Schlepzig Schönwald¹ Unterspreewald
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Amt-free towns

Ämter

Königs Wusterhausen
Lübben (Spreewald)
Luckau
Mittenwalde

Amt-free municipalities

Bestensee
Eichwalde
Heideblick
Heidesee
Märkische Heide
Schönefeld
Schulzendorf
Wildau
Zeuthen

1. Golßener Land

Drahnsdorf
Golßen^{1, 2}
Kasel-Golzig
Steinreich

2. Lieberose/Oberspreewald

Alt Zauche-Wußwerk
Byhleguhre-Byhlen
Jamlitz
Lieberose^{1, 2}
Neu Zauche
Schwielochsee
Spreewaldheide
Straupitz

3. Schenkenländchen

Groß Köris
Halbe
Märkisch Buchholz²
Münchehofe
Schwerin
Teupitz^{1, 2}

4. Unterspreewald

Bersteland
Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg
Rietzneuendorf-Staakow
Schlepzig
Schönwald¹
Unterspreewald

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

[change] Other websites

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of Brandenburg in Germany
Urban districts	Brandenburg an der Havel · Cottbus · Frankfurt · Potsdam
Rural districts	Barnim · Dahme-Spreewald · Elbe-Elster · Havelland · Märkisch-Oderland · Oberhavel · Oberspreewald-Lausitz · Oder-Spree · Ostprignitz-Ruppin · Potsdam-Mittelmark · Prignitz · Spree-Neiße · Teltow-Fläming · Uckermark