Town in Brandenburg, Germany
Ortrand | |
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 Train station | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ortrand within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district  | |
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| Coordinates: 51°22âČ00âłN 13°46âČ59âłE / 51.36667°N 13.78306°E / 51.36667; 13.78306 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Oberspreewald-Lausitz |
| Municipal assoc. | Ortrand |
| Government | |
| âą Mayor (2024–29) | Maik Bethke |
| Area | |
| âą Total | 7.34 km (2.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population | |
| âą Total | 2,057 |
| âą Density | 280/km (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| âą Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 01990 |
| Dialling codes | 035755 |
| Vehicle registration | OSL |
| Website | www.stadt-ortrand.de |
Ortrand (pronunciation; Upper Sorbian: WĂłtraĆ, pronounced [ËwÊtÊajn]) 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.
Historyâ»
From 1815ââto 1944, Ortrand was part of theââPrussian Province of Saxony and from 1944ââto 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.
Demographyâ»
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Sons and daughters of the townâ»
- Paul Lindau (1881-1945), sculptor
- Lutz HeĂlich (born 1959), track racing cyclist, Olympic champion 1980. And 1988
- Gloria Siebert (born 1964), hurdler
Referencesâ»
- ^ Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der BĂŒrgermeisterin / des BĂŒrgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt fĂŒr Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be, found in the "Wikimedia Commons."Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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