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Herzberg | |
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 Location of Herzberg
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 Interactive map of Herzberg | |
  Herzberg Location within Germany  Herzberg Location within Brandenburg | |
| Coordinates: 51°41′N 13°14′E / 51.683°N 13.233°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Elbe-Elster |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2025–33) | Karsten Eule-Prütz[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 149.02 km2 (57.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
| Population (2025-12-31)[4] | |
• Total | 8,753 |
| • Density | 58.74/km2 (152.1/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: [ˈhɛʁtsˌbɛʁk] ⓘ) 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.
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.
Demography
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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 (blue line) and forecasts
Herzberg (Elster): Population development within the current boundaries (2025)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Georg Christian Schemelli (1676-1762), church musician
References
[edit]- ↑ Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 1 July 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg - 2017" (in German). Statistical office Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2025 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2022)" (XLS). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German).
- ↑ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
External links
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Media related to Herzberg (Elster) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
(in German)
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