Spree-Neiße District – DE40G

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More on wikipedia wikidata Q6165 on OpenStreetMap Spree-Neiße District slovensky: DE40G

Demographics

From Wikipedia: Spree-Neiße (Lower Sorbian: Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa) is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) the districts Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and Kamenz in Saxony, the districts Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Dahme-Spreewald and Oder-Spree. The district-free city Cottbus is surrounded by the district. To the east is Poland.

Geography

The district is located in the region of Lusatia. The Spree river runs through the district, while the Lusatian Neisse river forms the eastern border, which is at the same time the border of Poland.

History

The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts Cottbus-Land, Forst, Guben and Spremberg.

Other: Brandenburg, Dahme-Spreewald District, Elbe-Elster District, Havelland District, Märkisch-Oderland District, Oberhavel District, Oberspreewald-Lausitz District, Oder-Spree District, Ostprignitz-Ruppin District, Barnim District, Spree-Neiße District, Teltow-Fläming District, Uckermark District, Cottbus, Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg an der Havel, Prignitz District, Potsdam, Potsdam-Mittelmark District

Neighbours: Zielonogórski, Oder-Spree District, Cottbus, Görlitz, Bautzen District, Oberspreewald-Lausitz District, Dahme-Spreewald District

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Spree-Neiße District – DE40G, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDE40G, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164