Lauchhammer
Sign in to saveLauchhammer (; , ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden.
Key facts
- German location.name
- LauchhammerŁuchow
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen_Lauchhammer.png
- German location.image_skyline
- Katholische Kirche Lauchhammer-Mitte 3b.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Church of Christ, the King
- German location.image_plan
- Lauchhammer in OSL.svg
- German location.state
- Brandenburg
- German location.district
- Oberspreewald-Lausitz
- German location.elevation
- 94-160
- German location.area
- 88.89
- German location.postal_code
- 01979
- German location.area_code
- 03574
- German location.licence
- OSL
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 12 0 66 176
- German location.divisions
- 5 Stadt- und 2 Ortsteile
- German location.website
- www.lauchhammer.de
- German location.mayor
- Mirko Buhr
- German location.leader_term
- 2021–29
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lauchhammer
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Oberspreewald-Lausitz District
- Population
- 13951
- Area
- 88.89
- Elevation
- 99
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.lauchhammer.de
- Image
- Steinkreuz Lauchhammer 2012 sb.JPG
- Dialing code
- 03574
- Licence plate code
- SFB
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- postal code
- 01979
- twinned administrative body
- Târgu Jiu
- Commons category
- Lauchhammer
- topic's main category
- Category:Lauchhammer
- hashtag
- Lauchhammer
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lauchhammer
- P8168
- Maria Eis
- native label
- Lauchhammer
- street address
- Liebenwerdaer Str. 69, 01979 Lauchhammer
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Encyclopedic overview
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Lauchhammer (; , ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden.
==History== From 1815 to 1944, Lauchhammer was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1947 to 1952 it was part of Saxony-Anhalt and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.
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