Herzberg (Elster)

Herzberg (Elster) (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk] ⓘ) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

From 1939 to 1945 it was home to the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster.

From 1815 to 1944, Herzberg was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony.

From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities: Media related to Herzberg (Elster) at Wikimedia Commons

Bad Liebenwerda Crinitz Doberlug-Kirchhain Elsterwerda Falkenberg Fichtwald Finsterwalde Gorden-Staupitz Großthiemig Gröden Heideland Herzberg Hirschfeld Hohenbucko Hohenleipisch Kremitzaue Lebusa Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf Massen-Niederlausitz Merzdorf Mühlberg Plessa Röderland Rückersdorf Sallgast Schilda Schlieben Schönborn Schönewalde Schraden Sonnewalde Tröbitz Uebigau-Wahrenbrück Brandenburg
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Coat of Arms of Elbe-Elster district
Coat of Arms of Elbe-Elster district