Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '  N , 13 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Elbe Elster
Office :	Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz)
Height :	117 m above sea level NHN
Area :	40.97 km 2
Residents:	993 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	03238
Area code :	03531
License plate :	EE, FI, LIB
Community key :	12 0 62 293
Community structure:	3 districts
Office administration address:	Turmstrasse 5 03238 Massen-Niederlausitz
Mayor :	Ditmar Gurk
Location of the community of Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf in the Elbe-Elster district

Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf ( Lower Sorbian Swětłe-Šachlejce ) is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district in Brandenburg (Germany) and belongs to the Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz) office in the municipality of Massen-Niederlausitz .

geography

The community is located southeast of the core town of Finsterwalde . It borders in the north on the community of Massen-Niederlausitz , in the east on the community Sallgast , in the south a short distance to the non-governmental community Schipkau and the city of Lauchhammer and in the west on the city of Finsterwalde. Almost completely on the southern part of the district of Lichterfeld is the emerging Bergheider See .

Community structure

The community is divided into three districts

• Lichterfeld ( Swětłe in Lower Sorbian )
• Lieskau ( Lower Sorbian Liškow )
• Schacksdorf ( Lower Sorbian Šachlejce )

history

Since 1816, Lichterfeld, Lieskau and Schacksdorf belonged to the Luckau district in the province of Brandenburg and from 1952 to the Finsterwalde district in the GDR district of Cottbus . Since 1993, the places have been in the Elbe-Elster district of Brandenburg.

The community of Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf emerged on December 31, 1997 from the voluntary merger of the previously independent communities of Lichterfeld and Schacksdorf. On December 31, 1998, the municipality of Lieskau was incorporated.

Population development

year	Lights field	Schacksdorf		year	Lichterfeld- Schacksdorf		year	Lichterfeld- Schacksdorf
1875	386	266		1997	1 141		2015	1 121
1910	588	314		2000	1 367		2016	1 110
1939	515	425		2005	1 214		2017	1 015
1946	660	393		2010	1 101		2018	0984
1950	665	388		2011	1 050		2019	0993
1971	574	361		2012	1 018
1990	442	294		2013	0983
1995	463	653		2014	0965
1996	475	687

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31 (from 1991), from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Community representation

The community council of Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf consists of 10 community representatives and the honorary mayor. The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

• Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf-Lieskau voter group: 10 seats

mayor

• 1998–2003: Walter Kirchhof
• since 2003: Ditmar Gurk (voters group Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf-Lieskau)

In the mayoral election on May 26, 2019, Gurk was elected unopposed with 83.8% of the valid votes for a further five-year term.

Attractions

Visitor mine F60

In the list of monuments in Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf are the monuments entered in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg.

The visitor mine Abraumförderbrücke F60 , a disused conveyor bridge on Bergheider See in the district of Lichterfeld, is now an open-air museum with a national reputation. Concert events as well as various sound and light installations make the facility a tourist attraction.

traffic

The state road 60 leads through the districts of Schacksdorf and Lichterfeld. The federal road 96 crosses the district of Lieskau.

The Lausitz airfield Finsterwalde / Schacksdorf is partly on the territory of the municipality.

Personalities

• Wilfried Kürschner (* 1945), linguist, born in Lichterfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Service portal of the state administration - community of Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf
3. ↑ Swětłe to devastated, list and teildevastierten places in the Lausitz, see also (here →) Arnost Muka : Lower Sorbian names of the towns and villages ; 1911-1928; Sorbian Institute
4. ↑ Lisków , Arnost Muka: Lower Sorbian names of the towns and villages ; 1911-1928; Sorbian Institute
5. ↑ Šachlejce , Arnošt Muka: Lower Sorbian names of cities and villages ; 1911-1928; Sorbian Institute
6. ↑ Merger of the communities of Lichterfeld and Schacksdorf (Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz)) to form a new community of Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of December 18, 1997. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 9, Number 2, January 22, 1998, p. 24.
7. ↑ Incorporation of the Lieskau community into the Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf community. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of December 21, 1998. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 10, Number 5, February 9, 1999, p. 70.
8. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Elbe-Elster district . Pp. 18-21.
9. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
10. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
11. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
12. ↑ Results of the municipal elections in 1998 (mayoral elections) for the Elbe-Elster district ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Local elections October 26, 2003. Mayoral elections , p. 24
14. ↑ Section 73 of the Brandenburg Local Election Act
15. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019

Web links

Commons : Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Link catalog on the topic of Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )