Golßen

Golßen (; ) or Golssen is a town in the district of Dahme-Spreewald, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Amt ("collective municipality") Unterspreewald.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_coa: Wappen Golßen.png
German location.image_flag: Hissflagge Golßen.png
German location.image_photo: Rathaus Markt Golßen.jpg
German location.image_caption: Market square and town hall
German location.image_plan: Golßen in LDS.png
German location.state: Brandenburg
German location.district: Dahme-Spreewald
German location.Amt: Unterspreewald
German location.elevation: 58
German location.area: 63.68
German location.postal_code: 15938
German location.area_code: 035452
German location.licence: LDS
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 12 0 61 164
German location.divisions: 8 Ortsteile
German location.mayor: Andrea Schulz
German location.leader_term: 2024–29

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Golßen (; ) or Golssen is a town in the district of Dahme-Spreewald, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Amt ("collective municipality") Unterspreewald.

==Geography== Golßen is in the northwest of Lower Lusatia, close to the border with the Brandenburgian Mittelmark core territory. The municipal area stretches from the eastern (Lower) Fläming Heath down to the Glogau-Baruth Urstromtal (glacial valley), traversed by the Dahme River. It also comprises the villages of Mahlsdorf and Zützen.

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