Elsterwerda

Elsterwerda
Town
Château
Coat of arms
Location of Elsterwerda within Elbe-Elster district
Elsterwerda Elsterwerda
Coordinates: 51°27′28″N 13°31′26″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Subdivisions	Town centre and 2 districts
Government
• Mayor	Anja Heinrich (CDU)
Area
• Total	40.55 km2 (15.66 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	7,792
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04910
Dialling codes	03533
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB
Website	www.elsterwerda.de

Elsterwerda (Lower Sorbian: Wikow) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, 48 km northwest of Dresden, and 11 km southeast of Bad Liebenwerda.

Demography

• 
  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Elsterwerda: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 3,193 —     1890 3,705 +1.00% 1910 7,024 +3.25% 1925 8,359 +1.17% 1933 8,738 +0.56% 1939 9,560 +1.51% 1946 10,966 +1.98% 1950 11,461 +1.11% 1964 11,157 −0.19% 1971 11,443 +0.36% 1981 11,572 +0.11% 1985 11,517 −0.12% 1989 11,255 −0.57% 1990 11,033 −1.97%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 10,947 −0.78% 1992 10,868 −0.72% 1993 10,793 −0.69% 1994 10,726 −0.62% 1995 10,656 −0.65% 1996 10,538 −1.11% 1997 10,442 −0.91% 1998 10,382 −0.57% 1999 10,334 −0.46% 2000 10,234 −0.97% 2001 9,937 −2.90% 2002 9,911 −0.26% 2003 9,804 −1.08% 2004 9,654 −1.53%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 9,456 −2.05% 2006 9,249 −2.19% 2007 9,096 −1.65% 2008 8,959 −1.51% 2009 8,817 −1.58% 2010 8,694 −1.40% 2011 8,498 −2.25% 2012 8,384 −1.34% 2013 8,287 −1.16% 2014 8,161 −1.52% 2015 8,186 +0.31% 2016 8,118 −0.83% 2017 7,975 −1.76% 2018 7,856 −1.49%

Gallery

• 
  City
• 
  Church „St. Katharina“
• 
  City hall
• 
  Miniature park
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  Windmill
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  War memorial
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  Water tower
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  Railway station
• 
  Maria Josepha of Austria, Queen of Poland

Notable people

Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska by Krafft the Elder

• Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757), Austrian princess and Queen of Poland
• Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733-1796), Saxon prince
• Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska (1742-1796), Polish noblewoman and morganatic wife of the above
• Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750-1822), classicist and naturalist, spent his childhood in Elsterwerda
• Johannes Gillhoff (1861-1930), teacher and author
• Erich Straube (1887-1971), officer in WW I and WW II
• Bernd Martin (born 1940), historian, grew up in Elsterwerda
• Siegbert Horn (1950-2016), canoeist, Olympic and World Champion
• Ralf Minge (born 1960), football player and coach

External links

• Official website (in German)