Elbe-Elster District
thumb|Finsterwalde May2015 img2 Rathaus Elbe-Elster is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Teltow-Fläming, Dahme-Spreewald, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Meißen, Nordsachsen and Wittenberg. The district has a partnership with the Märkischer Kreis.
Key facts
- District DE.name
- Elbe-Elster
- District DE.state
- Brandenburg
- District DE.image_flag
- Flagge des Landkreises Elbe-Elster.svg
- District DE.image_coa
- Wappen des Landkreises Elbe-Elster.svg
- District DE.capital
- Herzberg
- District DE.area
- 1,889.4
- District DE.Kreisschlüssel
- 12062
- District DE.district_admin
- Christian Jaschinski
- District DE.admin_party
- CDU
- District DE.carsign
- EE, FI, LIB
- District DE.url
- landkreis-elbe-elster.de
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thumb|Finsterwalde May2015 img2 Rathaus Elbe-Elster is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Teltow-Fläming, Dahme-Spreewald, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Meißen, Nordsachsen and Wittenberg. The district has a partnership with the Märkischer Kreis.
==History== The district was established in 1993 by merging the former districts (Kreise) of Finsterwalde, Bad Liebenwerda and Herzberg.