Tauer

Tauer (Sorbian: Turjej) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

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German location.name: Tauer
German location.German_name: Turjej
German location.image_coa: Wappen der Gemeinde Tauer.svg
German location.image_plan: Tauer in SPN.png
German location.state: Brandenburg
German location.district: Spree-Neiße
German location.Amt: Peitz
German location.elevation: 61
German location.area: 41.91
German location.postal_code: 03185
German location.area_code: 035601
German location.licence: SPN
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 12 0 71 384
German location.mayor: Karin Kallauke
German location.leader_term: 2024–29

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Official name: Turjej
Population: 685
Area: 42.22
Elevation: 61
Official website: www.peitz.de/gemeinde/tauer
Image: Tauer Ortszentrum 1.jpg
Dialing code: 035601
Licence plate code: SPN

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Commons category: Tauer
postal code: 03185
hashtag: Tauer
P8168: Ernst Barthel
native label: Turjej

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Tauer (Sorbian: Turjej) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

==History== The area is known to have been settled as early as the Bronze Age. The first written mention was in 1632 as Tawern Tauer. In 1652, it was known as the village of Taurow. From 1815 to 1947, Tauer was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.