- Finsterwalde
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Finsterwalde Wappen.png
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 37 |lat_sec = 59
lon_deg = 13 |lon_min = 43 |lon_sec = 00
Lageplan = Finsterwalde in EE.png
Bundesland = Brandenburg
Landkreis = Elbe-Elster
Höhe = 108
Fläche = 76.91
Einwohner = 18516
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 03238
PLZ-alt = 7980
Vorwahl = 03531
Kfz = EE (alt: FI)
Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 62 140
Gliederung = 3Stadtteil e / 2Ortsteil e
Straße = Schloßstraße 7 / 8
Website = [http://www.finsterwalde.de/ www.finsterwalde.de]
Bürgermeister = Johannes Wohmann
Partei = FDPFinsterwalde (IPA2|fɪnstɐˈvaldə) is a town in the
Elbe-Elster district (German: Landkreis), inBrandenburg ,Germany . It is situated on the Schackebach, a tributary of theKleine Elster , 28 m. W.S.W ofCottbus by rail. Pop. (2005 ) 18,840. The town has a Gothic church (1581), a castle, schools, cloth and cigar factories, iron-foundries, flour and saw mills and factories for machine building. The town, which is first mentioned in 1288, came into the possession of electoralSaxony from1635 and of Prussia in1815 . Popular are the "four singers from Finsterwalde" and their "singer-song".
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