- Herzberg (Elster)
Infobox German Location
Name = Herzberg
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Herzberg-1899.jpg
image_caption = 1899 postcard
Wappen = Wappen Herzberg-Elster.png
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 40 |lat_sec = 59
lon_deg = 13 |lon_min = 13 |lon_sec = 59
Lageplan = Herzberg (Elster) in EE.png
Lageplanbeschreibung =
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 = CDUHerzberg (Elster) is a town in the
Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state ofBrandenburg .As of
2004 , its population is 10,968 and the mayor is Michael Oecknigk of theChristian 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]
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