Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg (
Lower sorbian
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: ''Kšušwica-Wódowy Grod'') is a
municipality
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in the district of
Dahme-Spreewald
Dahme-Spreewald (, ) is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming, and by the city of Berlin.
History
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in
Brandenburg
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in
Germany
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.
Tropical Islands Resort
Tropical Islands Resort is a tropical-themed indoor water park located in the former Brand-Briesen Airfield in Halbe, a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg, Germany, from the southern boundary of Berlin. It is th ...
, the biggest free-standing hall in the world, is located in Krausnick.
Geography
In the middle of the heavily wooded municipality of Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg rise the
Krausnick hills (also called the ''Bergspreewald'' or Bergspree Woods), which reach a maximum elevation of 144 m above sea level at the summit of the
Wehlaberg, and rise about 100 metres above the adjacent
Lower Spreewald woods. In the north of the area (in Groß Wasserburg) the ''Rand Canal'' branches off the
River Spree
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(Wasserburger Spree) and runs along the
Baruth Urstromtal to the
Köthener See
Köthener See is a lake in Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg, Germany. It lies at an elevation of 43 m, and has a surface area of 1.48 km². It is located in the municipality of Märkisch Buchholz, Dahme-Spreewald
Dahme-Spreewald (, ) is ...
, which is linked to the River
Dahme by the
Dahme Flood Relief Canal
The Dahme Flood Relief Canal, or Dahme-Umflutkanal in German, is a canal in the German state of Brandenburg. Its principal purpose is to divert water from the upper reaches of the River Spree just below Leibsch, to run into the River Dahme at Mä ...
. The municipality lies ca. 60 km southeast of
Berlin
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.
Demography
Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.
Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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See also
* Luchsee
References
Localities in Dahme-Spreewald
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