Ortrand Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:Wappen Ortrand.png
Coordinates:51.3667°N 13.7831°W
Image Plan:Ortrand in OSL.svg
State:Brandenburg
District:Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Amt:Ortrand
Elevation:110
Area:7.34
Postal Code:01990
Area Code:035755
Licence:OSL
Gemeindeschlüssel:12 0 66 240
Website:www.stadt-ortrand.de
Mayor:Maik Bethke[1]
Leader Term:2024 - 29

Ortrand (; Upper Sorbian: Wótrań, pronounced as /hsb/) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Senftenberg, and 36 km north of Dresden.

History

From 1815 to 1944, Ortrand was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1947 to 1952 it was part of Saxony-Anhalt and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Sons and daughters of the town

Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12066000 Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters