Herzberg (Elster)

Infobox German Location
Name = Herzberg
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Herzberg-1899.jpg
image_caption = 1899 postcard
Wappen = Wappen Herzberg-Elster.pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 40 |lat_sec = 59
lon_deg = 13 |lon_min = 13 |lon_sec = 59
Lageplan = Herzberg (Elster) in EE.pngLageplanbeschreibung =
Bundesland = Brandenburg
Landkreis = Elbe-Elster
Höhe = 81
Fläche = 148.48
Einwohner = 10792
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 04916
Vorwahl = 03535
Kfz = EE
Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 62 224
Straße = Markt 1
Website = [http://www.herzberg-elster.de/ herzberg-elster.de]
Bürgermeister = Michael Oecknigk
Partei = CDU

Herzberg (Elster) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

As of 2004, its population is 10,968 and the mayor is Michael Oecknigk of the Christian Democratic Union.

Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities:
* Büdingen, Hesse
* Swiebodzin, Poland
* Dixon, United States of America
* Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia

From 1939 to 1945 there was the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster. The basement of the mast is still there.

External links

* [http://www.herzberg-elster.de herzberg-elster.de, in German]
* [http://www.mein-herzberg.de mein-herzberg.de, marketing accociation]