The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden.

Schipkau counts 5 civil parishes (Ortsteile): Annahütte, Drochow, Hörlitz, Klettwitz and Meuro.

In 2021, the Energiepark Lausitz[3] project of the municipality of Schipkau was realized on the Klettwitz Hochkippe by GP JOULE[4] with the partners Terravent and Steinbock EE.

[5] There, the open spaces between the existing wind turbines are used for the construction and operation of photovoltaic systems.

Close to Klettwitz and in north of Schipkau the "EuroSpeedway Lausitz" is located, a race track originally named "Lausitzring".