Vetschau/Spreewald

Also known as Vetschau

Vetschau/Spreewald (; , ; ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. It is situated in the Spreewald, west of Cottbus.

Key facts

German location.name: Vetschau
German location.German_name: Wětošow
German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_coa: DEU Vetschau COA.svg
German location.image_photo: Vetschau Markt 07.jpg
German location.image_caption: Market Square
German location.image_plan: Vetschau-Spreewald in OSL.svg
German location.state: Brandenburg
German location.district: Oberspreewald-Lausitz
German location.elevation: 60
German location.area: 111.51
German location.postal_code: 03226

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History
Demography
Politics
City Council
Mayor
Buildings
Sons and daughters of the town
References
External links

Vetschau/Spreewald (; , ; ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. It is situated in the Spreewald, west of Cottbus.

== History == thumb|left|upright|Sorbian-German church Vetschau was first mentioned in 1302 as Veczicz. In the course of time, the name of the town changed from Vetczaw in 1434 via Fetzow in 1450 to Fetczaw in 1480. Along with Lower Lusatia, it passed to Hungary in 1469, then returned to Bohemia in 1490. In 1527 the town was first called Fetzscho, the formal town charter was granted to Vetschau in 1543. The coat of arms for Rath and Gmaind of Marckhts Vetzschew was issued to the town on 17 March 1548 by King Ferdinand I in Augsburg. The document was long lost and was rediscovered only in July 2005 in an attic in Vetschau. In 1635, the town passed from Bohemia to Saxony, and was part of Poland-Saxony from 1697 to 1763. In 1815, it was annexed by Prussia, and from 1871 formed part of the newly formed German Empire.