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District in Brandenburg, Germany

Spree-Neiße Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa
District
Flag of Spree-Neiße Wokrejs Sprjewja-NysaFlagCoat of arms of Spree-Neiße Wokrejs Sprjewja-NysaCoat of arms
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Country Germany
State Brandenburg
Capital Forst
Government
• District admin. Harald Altekrüger (CDU)
Area
• Total 1,647.8 km2 (636.2 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total 112,493
• Density 68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration SPN, FOR, GUB, SPB
Website www.landkreis-spree-neisse.de

Spree-Neiße (Lower Sorbian: Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa, pronounced [ˈwɔkrɛjs ˈsprʲɛwʲa ˈnɨsa]) is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) the districts Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and Kamenz in Saxony, the districts Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Dahme-Spreewald and Oder-Spree. The district-free city Cottbus is surrounded by the district. To the east is Poland.

The district is located in the region of Lusatia. The Spree river runs through the district, while the Lusatian Neisse river forms the eastern border, which is at the same time the border of Poland.

The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts Cottbus-Land, Forst, Guben and Spremberg.

District banner of Spree-Neiße

The coat of arms shows four fields each representing one of the previous 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.

Towns and municipalities

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Amt-free towns Ämter
Drebkau – Drjowk Forst (Lausitz) Guben Spremberg – Grodk Welzow – Wjelcej Amt-free municipalities Kolkwitz – Gołkojce Neuhausen/Spree Schenkendöbern 1. Burg (Spreewald) Briesen – Brjazyna Burg – Bórkowy1 Dissen-Striesow – Dešno-Strjažow Guhrow – Góry Schmogrow-Fehrow – Smogorjow-Prjawoz Werben – Wjerbno 2. Döbern-Land Döbern1, 2 Felixsee Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf Jämlitz-Klein Düben Neiße-Malxetal Tschernitz Wiesengrund – Łukojce 3. Peitz Drachhausen – Hochoza Drehnow – Drjenow Heinersbrück – Móst Jänschwalde – Janšojce Peitz – Picnjo1, 2 Tauer – Turjej Teichland – Gatojce Turnow-Preilack – Turnow-Pśiłuk
1seat of the Amt; 2town

Landkreis Spree-Neiße: Population development within the current boundaries (2017)[2]

YearPop.±% p.a. 1875 101,025— 1890 113,766+0.79% 1910 138,428+0.99% 1925 144,789+0.30% 1933 152,241+0.63% 1939 156,827+0.50% 1946 174,693+1.55% 1950 174,606−0.01% 1964 172,833−0.07% 1971 169,325−0.29% 1981 165,870−0.21% 1985 161,288−0.70% 1989 158,063−0.50% 1990 154,926−1.98% 1991 150,875−2.61% YearPop.±% p.a. 1992 148,339−1.68% 1993 149,606+0.85% 1994 150,024+0.28% 1995 150,364+0.23% 1996 151,279+0.61% 1997 151,830+0.36% 1998 151,016−0.54% 1999 150,171−0.56% 2000 148,700−0.98% 2001 145,929−1.86% 2002 143,642−1.57% 2003 141,256−1.66% 2004 139,464−1.27% 2005 136,896−1.84% 2006 135,017−1.37% YearPop.±% p.a. 2007 132,798−1.64% 2008 130,626−1.64% 2009 128,470−1.65% 2010 126,400−1.61% 2011 121,571−3.82% 2012 120,178−1.15% 2013 118,899−1.06% 2014 118,030−0.73% 2015 117,635−0.33% 2016 116,826−0.69% 2017 115,456−1.17% 2018 114,429−0.89% 2019 113,720−0.62%
  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
  2. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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