Oder-Spree

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Oder-Spree
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district Oder-Spree
State	Brandenburg
County seat	Beeskow
Area	2242 km²
Population	196,655 (2002)
pop. density	87 inh./km²
Car identification	LOS
Web page	landkreis-oder-spree.de

Oder-Spree is a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the district Märkisch-Oderland, the district-free city Frankfurt (Oder), Poland, the district Spree-Neiße and Dahme-Spreewald, and the Bundesland Berlin.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The district is named after the two major rivers in the district - the Spree river forms a large bend within the district; the Oder river constitutes the eastern border.

[edit] History

The district was created in 1993 by merging the districts Eisenhüttenstadt, Beeskow and Fürstenwalde, and the district-free city Eisenhüttenstadt.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows symbols for the three former districts which make up the district. In the topleft quarter is the coat of arms of the Bishops of Lebus, who had their seat in Fürstenwalde. The second quarter shows the checkered bar of the Cistercian Order as the symbol of the Abbey of Neuzelle, who until 1817 owned most of the territory which later became the district Eisenhüttenstadt. The two quarters in the bottom symbolize the former district Beeskow. The three knives in the left are the symbol of the Lords of Strehla, the deer antler the symbol of the Lords of Biberstein, who in 1317 succeeded the Lords of Strehla as the Lords of Beeskow and Storkow.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Ämter	free municipalities
Beeskow Eisenhüttenstadt Erkner Fürstenwalde Friedland¹ Müllrose¹ Storkow ¹ inside a Amt	Brieskow-Finkenheerd Friedland Glienicke/Rietz-Neuendorf Grünheide Neuzelle Odervorland Scharmützelsee Schlaubetal Spreenhagen Steinhöfel/Heinersdorf Storkow	Schöneiche bei Berlin Woltersdorf (Berlin)

Towns

Ämter

free municipalities

¹ inside a Amt

Brieskow-Finkenheerd
Friedland
Glienicke/Rietz-Neuendorf
Grünheide
Neuzelle
Odervorland
Scharmützelsee
Schlaubetal
Spreenhagen
Steinhöfel/Heinersdorf
Storkow

Schöneiche bei Berlin
Woltersdorf (Berlin)

[edit] External links

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Brandenburg in Germany
Urban districts	Brandenburg \| Cottbus \| Frankfurt (Oder) \| Potsdam
Rural districts	Barnim \| Dahme-Spreewald \| Elbe-Elster \| Havelland \| Märkisch-Oderland \| Oberhavel \| Oberspreewald-Lausitz Oder-Spree \| Ostprignitz-Ruppin \| Potsdam-Mittelmark \| Prignitz \| Spree-Neiße \| Teltow-Fläming \| Uckermark