Klettwitz (''

Lower Sorbian Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eight ...

: Klěśišća'') is a German village of

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

, belonging to the municipality of

Schipkau Schipkau ( dsb, Šejkow) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. Geography The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connectin ...

, situated in the historical region of

Lower Lusatia Lower Lusatia (; ; ; szl, Dolnŏ Łużyca; ; ) is a historical region in Central Europe, stretching from the southeast of the German state of Brandenburg to the southwest of Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Like adjacent Upper Lusatia in the sou ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1370 with the name of ''Cleticz''. From 1815 to 1947 it was part of the

Prussian Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...

Province of Brandenburg The Province of Brandenburg (german: Provinz Brandenburg) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1945. Brandenburg was established in 1815 from the Kingdom of Prussia's core territory, comprised the bulk of the historic Margraviate of Brandenburg ...

. From 1952 to 1990 it was part of the

Bezirk Cottbus Cottbus was a district () of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus. History The district was established, along with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, ''de facto'' replacing the East German ...

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. Until December 31, 2001, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Schipkau.Infos about Klettwitz on Schipkau website
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Geography

Klettwitz, part of the

region, is located close to the borders with

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

, 2 km in north of

. It is 6 km far from

Senftenberg Senftenberg ( wen, Zły Komorow) is a town in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. Geography Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at the border with Saxony. It ...

, 50 from

Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exten ...

and 63 from

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

. It is served by the motorway A13, connecting Dresden with

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, at the exit nr. 15 ("Klettwitz"). Some municipal localities (''Siedlungsgebiete'') are part of the suburb of Klettwitz. They are Herrnmühle (''Knězny młyń'', seat of the old hospital), Staudemühle (''Pušćadłowe młyń''), Treuhandsiedlung (''Drjewojske sedlišćo'') and Wilhelminensglück (''Wilhelmincowy Gluki''). The Bergheider See is an artificial lake created in the pit left by the Klettwitz Nord mine.

Sport

Located close to Klettwitz it is the "

EuroSpeedway Lausitz The Lausitzring (formally known as the Dekra Lausitzring for ownership reasons) is a race track located near Klettwitz (a civil parish of Schipkau, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district) in the state of Brandenburg in northeast Germany, near the bor ...

", a

race track A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing). A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also u ...

originally named "Lausitzring", opened in 2000.

Photogallery

File:Klettwitz seite1.JPG, Evangelic church
(''Dorfkirche'') File:Klettwitz kathkirche.JPG, Catholic church
(''Herz-Jesus-Kirche'') File:Treuhandsiedlung.JPG, Houses at the Treuhandsiedlung

References

External links

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Klettwitz page on Shcipkau municipal website
{{Authority control Populated places in Oberspreewald-Lausitz Villages in Brandenburg 1370s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1370 establishments in Europe