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Location of Ortrand within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district | |
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Coordinates: 51°22′00″N 13°46′59″E / 51.36667°N 13.78306°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Oberspreewald-Lausitz |
Municipal assoc. | Ortrand |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Niko Gebel[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 7.34 km2 (2.83 sq mi) |
Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,054 |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 01990 |
Dialling codes | 035755 |
Vehicle registration | OSL |
Website | www.stadt-ortrand.de |
Ortrand ( ⓘ; Upper Sorbian: Wótrań, pronounced [ˈwʊtʁajn]) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Senftenberg, and 36 km north of Dresden.
History
From 1815 to 1944, Ortrand was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1947 to 1952 it was part of Saxony-Anhalt and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.
Demography
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Sons and daughters of the town
- Paul Lindau (1881-1945), sculptor
- Lutz Heßlich (born 1959), track racing cyclist, Olympic champion 1980 and 1988
- Gloria Siebert (born 1964), hurdler
References
- ↑ Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.
- ↑ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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