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Senftenberg (German, ) or (Lower Sorbian, ) is a town in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.

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Senftenberg is a town located in Brandenburg, eastern Germany, serving as the capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. It sits in the Lower Lusatia region, an area with its own distinct cultural heritage reflected in its Lower Sorbian name.

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Key facts

German location.image_coa
Wappen_Senftenberg.png
German location.name
SenftenbergZły Komorow
German location.type
Town
German location.image_photo
Niederlausitz Senftenberg 07-2015 img7 Markt.jpg
German location.image_caption
Market Square
German location.image_plan
Senftenberg in OSL.svg
German location.state
Brandenburg
German location.district
Oberspreewald-Lausitz
German location.elevation
102
German location.area
127.56
German location.postal_code
01945 (Peickwitz), 01968 (Brieske, Großkoschen, Niemtsch, Sedlitz, Senftenberg), 01996 (Hosena)
German location.area_code
03573, 035756 (Hosena, Peickwitz)
German location.licence
OSL, CA, SFB
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
12 0 66 304
German location.website
www.senftenberg.de
German location.mayor
Andreas Pfeiffer
German location.leader_term
2022–30
German location.party
CDU

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Wikidata facts

Population
23282
Area
127.56
Elevation
102
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Senftenberger See
Shares border with
Elsterheide
Official website
www.senftenberg.de
Image
Niederlausitz Senftenberg 07-2015 img7 Markt.jpg
Dialing code
035756
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twinned administrative body
Püttlingen
topic's main category
Category:Senftenberg
Commons category
Senftenberg (Niederlausitz)
Commons gallery
Senftenberg
postal code
01968
short name
Sen
category of associated people
Category:People from Senftenberg
native label
Senftenberg
different from
Senftenberg
hashtag
Senftenberg
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Names
  • Lake Senftenberg
  • Demography
  • Sport
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Notable people
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

Senftenberg (German, ) or (Lower Sorbian, ) is a town in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.

==Geography== Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at the border with Saxony. Its town centre is situated north of the river Black Elster and the artificial Senftenberger Lake, part of the Lusatian Lake District chain, approximately northwest of Hoyerswerda, and southwest of Cottbus.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Senftenberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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