Oberspreewald-Lausitz

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Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz
State	Brandenburg
District seat	Senftenberg
Area	1,216.6 km²
Population	139,786 (2002)
Pop. density	115 /km²
Licence plate code	OSL
Web page	http://www.osl-online.de

Oberspreewald-Lausitz is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany.

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

[change] Geography

The Spree river runs through the district; along its banks there is the Spreewald, a wooded area and home of several rare animals. The district is part of the historic region of Lusatia.

[change] History

The district was made in 1993 by joining the old districts Calau and Senftenberg and small part of the district Bad Liebenwerda.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a red bull (the symbol of the Lower Lusatia region), for the former district Calau. The city wall in the bottom part is an old symbol of the Upper Lusatia region, and also represents the former district Senftenberg. The shield with a lion is the symbol of the county of Meißen. This is because the municipalities of the Bad Liebenwerda were part of the county.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Calau Großräschen Lauchhammer Lübbenau Schwarzheide Senftenberg Vetschau Amt-free municipalities Schipkau	1. Altdöbern Altdöbern¹ Bronkow Luckaitztal Neupetershain Neu-Seeland 2. Ortrand Frauendorf Großkmehlen Kroppen Lindenau Ortrand^{1, 2} Tettau	3. Ruhland Grünewald Guteborn Hermsdorf Hohenbocka Ruhland^{1, 2} Schwarzbach
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Amt-free towns

Ämter

Calau
Großräschen
Lauchhammer
Lübbenau
Schwarzheide
Senftenberg
Vetschau

Amt-free municipalities

Schipkau

1. Altdöbern

Altdöbern¹
Bronkow
Luckaitztal
Neupetershain
Neu-Seeland

2. Ortrand

Frauendorf
Großkmehlen
Kroppen
Lindenau
Ortrand^{1, 2}
Tettau

3. Ruhland

Grünewald
Guteborn
Hermsdorf
Hohenbocka
Ruhland^{1, 2}
Schwarzbach

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)

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