Oder-Spree

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

District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
Capital	Beeskow
Area
• Total	2,242 km2 (866 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	196,655
• Density	87.714/km2 (227.18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	landkreis-oder-spree.de

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

History

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

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.

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 Müllrose1, 2 Ragow-Merz Schlaubetal Siehdichum 6. Spreenhagen Gosen-Neu Zittau Rauen Spreenhagen1
1seat of the Amt; 2town

Oder-Spree Media

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  District banner of Oder-Spree

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  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)

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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Other websites

• Official website (in German)
• Website Beeskow (in German)
• Website Eisenhüttenstadt (in German)
• Website Fürstenwalde (in German)
• Website Schöneiche Archived 2005-03-15 at the Wayback Machine