Ruhland
Sign in to saveRuhland (; ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, southwest of Senftenberg.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen_Ruhland.png
- German location.image_photo
- Ruhland, Marktbrunnen, Südwestansicht, 02 P1100690.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Town square
- German location.image_plan
- Ruhland in OSL.svg
- German location.state
- Brandenburg
- German location.district
- Oberspreewald-Lausitz
- German location.Amt
- Ruhland
- German location.elevation
- 96
- German location.area
- 37.22
- German location.postal_code
- 01945
- German location.area_code
- 035752
- German location.licence
- OSL
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 12 0 66 272
- German location.website
- www.ruhland.de
- German location.mayor
- Thomas Höntsch
- German location.leader_term
- 2024–29
- German location.party
- SPD
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ruhland (; ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, southwest of Senftenberg.
Ruhland station is a major railway junction, for freight and for passenger services. The hourly 4-way connection between locomotive-hauled passenger services converging from Hoyerswerda, Cottbus, Leipzig and Dresden is a most impressive sight.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruhland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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