Ortrand

Ortrand (pronunciationⓘ; Upper Sorbian: Wótrań, pronounced [ˈwʊtʁajn]) 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.

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.

This Brandenburg location article is a stub.

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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; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)
Coat of Arms of Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Coat of Arms of Oberspreewald-Lausitz district