Ortrand
Appearance
Ortrand | |
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Train station | |
Location of Ortrand within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district ![]() | |
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 (2024–29) | Maik Bethke[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 7.34 km2 (2.83 sq mi) |
Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,057 |
• Density | 280/km2 (730/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
[edit]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
[edit]- Paul Lindau (1881-1945), sculptor
- Lutz Heßlich (born 1959), track racing cyclist, Olympic champion 1980 and 1988
- Gloria Siebert (born 1964), hurdler
References
[edit]- ^ Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons