Spree-Neiße

Spree-Neiße
District
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
Capital	Forst
Area
• Total	1,647.8 km2 (636.2 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	112,493
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SPN
Website	landkreis-spree-neisse.de

Spree-Neiße (Lower Sorbian: Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa) is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. The district-free city of Cottbus is completely surrounded by the district. To the east is Poland.

The district was started in 1993 by joining the old districts Cottbus-Land, Forst, Guben and Spremberg.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms has four quarters, one for each of the old districts. The crayfish in the topleft symbolizes Cottbus-Land, and is also present in the coat of arms of the city of Cottbus. The lion in the topright is the symbol of the Kingdom of Bohemia, as Spremberg was owned by the Bohemian kings. The deer antler in the bottomright symbolizes Forst, and was taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Biberstein. The crown in the bottomleft represents the kings of Bohemia again, but this time symbolizing Guben.

Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Drebkau Forst, Lausitz Guben Spremberg Welzow Amt-free municipalities Kolkwitz Neuhausen/Spree Schenkendöbern	1. Burg (Spreewald) Briesen Burg1 Dissen-Striesow Guhrow Schmogrow-Fehrow Werben 2. Döbern-Land Döbern1, 2 Felixsee Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf Hornow-Wadelsdorf Jämlitz-Klein Düben Neiße-Malxetal Tschernitz Wiesengrund	3. Peitz Drachhausen Drehnow Heinersbrück Jänschwalde Peitz1, 2 Tauer Teichland Turnow-Preilack
1seat of the Amt; 2town

Other websites

• Official website (in German)