Herzberg (Elster)
Appearance
Herzberg | |
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![]() Town hall | |
Location of Herzberg within Elbe-Elster district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 51°41′N 13°14′E / 51.683°N 13.233°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Elbe-Elster |
Government | |
• Mayor (2017–25) | Karsten Eule-Prütz[1] (Ind.) |
Area | |
• Total | 148.48 km2 (57.33 sq mi) |
Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,731 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 04916 |
Dialling codes | 03535 |
Vehicle registration | EE, FI, LIB |
Website | herzberg-elster.de |
Herzberg (Elster) (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk] ) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.
Overview
[edit]From 1939 to 1945 it was home to the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster. The basement of the mast is still there.
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History
[edit]From 1815 to 1944, Herzberg was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, it was part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.
Twin towns
[edit]Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities:
People
[edit]- Johannes Clajus (1535–1592), grammarian
- Louise von François (1817–1893), narrator and writer
- Werner Janensch (1878–1969), paleontologist and geologist
- Steffen Zesner (* 1967), world class swimmer
References
[edit]- ^ Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
External links
[edit] Media related to Herzberg (Elster) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
(in German)