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Ortrand
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Ortrand (; , ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Senftenberg, and 36 km north of Dresden.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_coa
Wappen Ortrand.png
German location.image_plan
Ortrand in OSL.svg
German location.image_photo
Ortrand bahnhof2.JPG
German location.image_caption
Train station
German location.state
Brandenburg
German location.district
Oberspreewald-Lausitz
German location.Amt
Ortrand
German location.elevation
110
German location.area
7.34
German location.postal_code
01990
German location.area_code
035755
German location.licence
OSL
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
12 0 66 240
German location.website
www.stadt-ortrand.de
German location.mayor
Maik Bethke
German location.leader_term
2024–29

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Ortrand
Country
Germany
Population
2021
Area
7.36
Elevation
110
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Frauendorf
Official website
www.stadt-ortrand.de
Image
Ortrand, the Kirchgasse, view to the town hall.jpg
Dialing code
035755
Licence plate code
OSL
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Commons category
Ortrand
postal code
01990
twinned administrative body
Żagań
hashtag
Ortrand
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demography
  • Sons and daughters of the town
  • References

Ortrand (; , ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Senftenberg, and 36 km north of Dresden.

==History== From 1815 to 1944, Ortrand 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ortrand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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