Oder-Spree

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Oder-Spree
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Oder-Spree
State	Brandenburg
District seat	Beeskow
Area	2242 km²
Population	196,655 (2002)
Pop. density	87 /km²
Licence plate code	LOS
Web page	landkreis-oder-spree.de

Oder-Spree is a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany.

The district is named after the two major rivers in the district - the Spree, and the Oder river which is the eastern border.

1 History
2 Coat of arms
3 Towns and municipalities
4 Other websites

[change] History

The district was created in 1993 by joining the districts of Eisenhüttenstadt, Beeskow and Fürstenwalde, and the independent city Eisenhüttenstadt.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows symbols for the three old districts which make up the district. In the topleft quarter is the coat of arms of the Bishops of Lebus, who had their seat in Fürstenwalde. The second quarter shows the chequered bar of the Cistercian Order as the symbol of the Abbey of Neuzelle. Until 1817 the abbey owned most of the territory which later became the district of Eisenhüttenstadt. The two quarters in the bottom symbolize the former district Beeskow. The three knives in the left are the symbol of the Lords of Strehla, the deer antler the symbol of the Lords of Biberstein, who in 1317 took over from the Lords of Strehla as the owners of Beeskow and Storkow.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Beeskow Eisenhüttenstadt Erkner Friedland Fürstenwalde Storkow Amt-free municipalities Grünheide Rietz-Neuendorf Schöneiche Steinhöfel Tauche Woltersdorf	1. Brieskow-Finkenheerd Brieskow-Finkenheerd¹ Groß Lindow Vogelsang Wiesenau Ziltendorf 2. Neuzelle Lawitz Neißemünde Neuzelle¹ 3. Odervorland Berkenbrück Briesen¹ Jacobsdorf Madlitz-Wilmersdorf	4. Scharmützelsee Bad Saarow¹ Diensdorf-Radlow Langewahl Reichenwalde Wendisch Rietz 5. Schlaubetal Grunow-Dammendorf Mixdorf Müllrose^{1, 2} Ragow-Merz Schlaubetal Siehdichum 6. Spreenhagen Gosen-Neu Zittau Rauen Spreenhagen¹
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Amt-free towns

Ämter

Beeskow
Eisenhüttenstadt
Erkner
Friedland
Fürstenwalde
Storkow

Amt-free municipalities

Grünheide
Rietz-Neuendorf
Schöneiche
Steinhöfel
Tauche
Woltersdorf

1. Brieskow-Finkenheerd

Brieskow-Finkenheerd¹
Groß Lindow
Vogelsang
Wiesenau
Ziltendorf

2. Neuzelle

Lawitz
Neißemünde
Neuzelle¹

3. Odervorland

Berkenbrück
Briesen¹
Jacobsdorf
Madlitz-Wilmersdorf

4. Scharmützelsee

Bad Saarow¹
Diensdorf-Radlow
Langewahl
Reichenwalde
Wendisch Rietz

5. Schlaubetal

Grunow-Dammendorf
Mixdorf
Müllrose^{1, 2}
Ragow-Merz
Schlaubetal
Siehdichum

6. Spreenhagen

Gosen-Neu Zittau
Rauen
Spreenhagen¹

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

[change] Other websites

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of Brandenburg in Germany
Urban districts	Brandenburg an der Havel · Cottbus · Frankfurt · Potsdam
Rural districts	Barnim · Dahme-Spreewald · Elbe-Elster · Havelland · Märkisch-Oderland · Oberhavel · Oberspreewald-Lausitz · Oder-Spree · Ostprignitz-Ruppin · Potsdam-Mittelmark · Prignitz · Spree-Neiße · Teltow-Fläming · Uckermark