Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 17,861 (31 Dec 2008) | Elevation 108 m (354 ft) Postal codes 03238 Local time Sunday 3:44 AM | |
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Weather -2°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 100% Humidity Points of interest Finsterwalde Zoo, Kreismuseum Finsterwalde, Schloss Finsterwalde | ||
Finsterwalde ( [fɪnstɐˈvaldə], Lower Sorbian: Grabin) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district (German: Landkreis), in Brandenburg, Germany.
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Map of 03238 Finsterwalde, Germany
Overview
It is situated on the Schackebach, a tributary of the Kleine Elster, 28 m. W.S.W of Cottbus 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 the Electorate of Saxony from 1635 and of Prussia in 1815. Popular are the "four singers from Finsterwalde" and their "singer-song".
Known persons
The following well known persons are from Finsterwalde:
Buildings
References
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