Uebigau-Wahrenbrück Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:Wappen Uebigau-Wahrenbrueck.png
Coordinates:51.55°N 34°W
Image Plan:Uebigau-Wahrenbrück in EE.png
State:Brandenburg
District:Elbe-Elster
Verbandsgemeinde:Liebenwerda
Elevation:84
Area:134.91
Postal Code:04924, 04938
Area Code:035365
Licence:EE, FI, LIB
Gemeindeschlüssel:12 0 62 500
Website:www.uebigau-wahrenbrueck.de
Mayor:Dittgard Hapich[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 25

Uebigau-Wahrenbrück is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 11 km northwest of Bad Liebenwerda, and 21 km east of Torgau.

Geography

The town is composed by the villages of Bahnsdorf, Beiersdorf, Beutersitz, Bomsdorf, Bönitz, Domsdorf, Drasdo, Kauxdorf, Langennaundorf, Marxdorf, München/Elster, Neudeck, Prestewitz, Rothstein, Saxdorf, Uebigau (municipal seat), Wahrenbrück, Wiederau, Wildgrube, Winkel and Zinsdorf.

History

From 1815 to 1944, the constituent localities of Uebigau-Wahrenbrück were part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, they were part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. On 31 December 2001, the town of Uebigau-Wahrenbrück was formed by merging the towns of Uebigau and Wahrenbrück with the municipalities of Bahnsdorf, Drasdo and Wiederau.

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Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12062000 Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters
  2. Carl Heinrich Graun . XI . 64-65 . 1 .