Spree-Neiße

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Spree-Neiße
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Spree-Neiße
State	Brandenburg
District seat	Forst
Area	1,647.8 km²
Population	144,161 (2002)
Pop. density	91 /km²
Licence plate code	SPN
Web page	landkreis-spree-neisse.de

Spree-Neiße is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. The district-free city of Cottbus is completely surrounded by the district. To the east is Poland.

The district was started in 1993 by joining the old districts Cottbus-Land, Forst, Guben and Spremberg.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms has four quarters, one for each of the old districts. The crayfish in the topleft symbolizes Cottbus-Land, and is also present in the coat of arms of the city of Cottbus. The lion in the topright is the symbol of the Kingdom of Bohemia, as Spremberg was owned by the Bohemian kings. The deer antler in the bottomright symbolizes Forst, and was taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Biberstein. The crown in the bottomleft represents the kings of Bohemia again, but this time symbolizing Guben.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Drebkau Forst, Lausitz Guben Spremberg Welzow Amt-free municipalities Kolkwitz Neuhausen/Spree Schenkendöbern	1. Burg (Spreewald) Briesen Burg¹ Dissen-Striesow Guhrow Schmogrow-Fehrow Werben 2. Döbern-Land Döbern^{1, 2} Felixsee Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf Hornow-Wadelsdorf Jämlitz-Klein Düben Neiße-Malxetal Tschernitz Wiesengrund	3. Peitz Drachhausen Drehnow Heinersbrück Jänschwalde Peitz^{1, 2} Tauer Teichland Turnow-Preilack
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Amt-free towns

Ämter

Drebkau
Forst, Lausitz
Guben
Spremberg
Welzow

Amt-free municipalities

Kolkwitz
Neuhausen/Spree
Schenkendöbern

1. Burg (Spreewald)

Briesen
Burg¹
Dissen-Striesow
Guhrow
Schmogrow-Fehrow
Werben

2. Döbern-Land

Döbern^{1, 2}
Felixsee
Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf
Hornow-Wadelsdorf
Jämlitz-Klein Düben
Neiße-Malxetal
Tschernitz
Wiesengrund

3. Peitz

Drachhausen
Drehnow
Heinersbrück
Jänschwalde
Peitz^{1, 2}
Tauer
Teichland
Turnow-Preilack

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