Dahme-Spreewald

Dahme-Spreewald
District
Flag of Dahme-Spreewald
Flag
Coat of arms of Dahme-Spreewald
Coat of arms
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
CapitalLübben (Spreewald)
Area
 • Total2,261 km2 (873 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total178,967
 • Density79/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationLDS
Websitedahme-spreewald.de

Dahme-Spreewald is a district in Brandenburg, Germany.

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.

Coat of arms

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

Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns Ämter
  1. Königs Wusterhausen
  2. Lübben (Spreewald)
  3. Luckau
  4. Mittenwalde


Amt-free municipalities

  1. Bestensee
  2. Eichwalde
  3. Heideblick
  4. Heidesee
  5. Märkische Heide
  6. Schönefeld
  7. Schulzendorf
  8. Wildau
  9. Zeuthen

1. Golßener Land

  1. Drahnsdorf
  2. Golßen1, 2
  3. Kasel-Golzig
  4. Steinreich

2. Lieberose/Oberspreewald

  1. Alt Zauche-Wußwerk
  2. Byhleguhre-Byhlen
  3. Jamlitz
  4. Lieberose1, 2
  5. Neu Zauche
  6. Schwielochsee
  7. Spreewaldheide
  8. Straupitz

3. Schenkenländchen

  1. Groß Köris
  2. Halbe
  3. Märkisch Buchholz2
  4. Münchehofe
  5. Schwerin
  6. Teupitz1, 2

4. Unterspreewald

  1. Bersteland
  2. Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg
  3. Rietzneuendorf-Staakow
  4. Schlepzig
  5. Schönwald1
  6. Unterspreewald
1seat of the Amt; 2town

Other websites

Preview of references

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.