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Elsterwerda
Town
Château
Coat of arms
Location of Elsterwerda within Elbe-Elster district
Interactive map of Elsterwerda
Location within Germany Location within Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51°27′28″N 13°31′26″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Subdivisions	Town centre and 2 districts
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Anja Heinrich (CDU)
Area
• Total	40.58 km2 (15.67 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	7,592
• Density	187.1/km2 (484.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04910
Dialling codes	03533
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB
Website	www.elsterwerda.de

Elsterwerda (German pronunciation: [ˌɛlstɐˈvɛʁda] ^ⓘ; Lower Sorbian: Wikow) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, 48 km northwest of Dresden, and 11 km southeast of Bad Liebenwerda.

History

From 1952 to 1990, Elsterwerda was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Demography

• 
  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
• 
  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Elsterwerda: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	3,193	—
1890	3,705	+1.00%
1910	7,024	+3.25%
1925	8,359	+1.17%
1933	8,738	+0.56%
1939	9,560	+1.51%
1946	10,966	+1.98%
1950	11,461	+1.11%
1964	11,157	−0.19%
1971	11,443	+0.36%
1981	11,572	+0.11%
1985	11,517	−0.12%
1989	11,255	−0.57%
1990	11,033	−1.97%
1991	10,947	−0.78%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	10,868	−0.72%
1993	10,793	−0.69%
1994	10,726	−0.62%
1995	10,656	−0.65%
1996	10,538	−1.11%
1997	10,442	−0.91%
1998	10,382	−0.57%
1999	10,334	−0.46%
2000	10,234	−0.97%
2001	9,937	−2.90%
2002	9,911	−0.26%
2003	9,804	−1.08%
2004	9,654	−1.53%
2005	9,456	−2.05%
2006	9,249	−2.19%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	9,096	−1.65%
2008	8,959	−1.51%
2009	8,817	−1.58%
2010	8,694	−1.40%
2011	8,498	−2.25%
2012	8,384	−1.34%
2013	8,287	−1.16%
2014	8,161	−1.52%
2015	8,186	+0.31%
2016	8,118	−0.83%
2017	7,975	−1.76%
2018	7,856	−1.49%
2019	7,853	−0.04%
2020	7,800	−0.67%

Gallery

• 
  City
• 
  Church „St. Katharina“
• 
  City hall
• 
  Miniature park
• 
  Windmill
• 
  War memorial
• 
  Water tower
• 
  Railway station
• 
  Maria Josepha of Austria, Queen of Poland

Notable people

Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska by Krafft the Elder

• Maria Josepha of Austria (1699–1757), Austrian princess and Queen of Poland
• Hartmut Buschbacher (born 1958), international rowing coach
• Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733–1796), Saxon prince
• Franciszka Krasińska (1742–1796), Polish noblewoman and morganatic wife of the above
• Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750–1822), classicist and naturalist, spent his childhood in Elsterwerda
• Johannes Gillhoff (1861–1930), teacher and author
• Erich Straube (1887–1971), officer in WW I and WW II
• Richard Markert (1891–1957), senate president and mayor of Bremen
• Bernd Martin (born 1940), historian, grew up in Elsterwerda
• Siegbert Horn (1950–2016), canoeist, Olympic and World Champion
• Ralf Minge (born 1960), football player and coach

See also

• Elsterwerda-Grödel raft canal
• Holzhof Elsterwerda

External links

• Official website (in German)