Fichtwald is a
municipality in the
Elbe-Elster
Elbe-Elster is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Teltow-Fläming, Dahme-Spreewald, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Meißen,
Nordsachsen and Wittenberg. The district has a partnership with the Mä ...
district, in
Brandenburg,
Germany.
History
From 1815 to 1944, the constituent localities of Fichtwald was part of the
Prussian
Province of Saxony
The Province of Saxony (german: link=no, Provinz Sachsen), also known as Prussian Saxony () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was Magdeburg.
It was formed by the merge ...
. From 1944 to 1945, they were part of the Province of
Halle-Merseburg
The Province of Halle-Merseburg (german: link=no, Provinz Halle-Merseburg) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1944 to 1945. The provincial capital was the city Merseburg.
Halle-Merseburg was created on 1 July 1944, out of Regie ...
. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the
Bezirk Cottbus of
East Germany. On 31 December 2001, the municipality of Fichtwald was formed by merging the municipalities of Hillmersdorf, Naundorf and Stechau.
Demography
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Fichtwald.pdf, Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: population; dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; grey background: Time of Nazi rule; red background: Time of communist rule)
References
External links
Localities in Elbe-Elster
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