Vetschau

Vetschau
Coat of arms
Vetschau
Location of Vetschau within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Coordinates: 51°46′59″N 14°04′00″E / 51.78306°N 14.06667°ECoordinates: 51°46′59″N 14°04′00″E / 51.78306°N 14.06667°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Government
• Mayor	Axel Müller (SPD)
Area
• Total	110.22 km^2 (42.56 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,491
• Density	77/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	03226
Dialling codes	035433
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.vetschau-online.de

Vetschau is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated in the Spreewald, 18 km west of Cottbus. Lower Sorbian name is Wětošow.

Demography

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  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)

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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Buildings

• At Vetschau, there is world's tallest wind turbine and the stork nest webcam installed by Naturschutzbund Niederlausitz.
• Wendish-German double church

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2013 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2014.

Richard Hellmann, founder of Hellmann's Mayonnaise, was born in Vetschau.

External links

Media related to Vetschau at Wikimedia Commons