Spremberg
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Spremberg (Sorbian:Grodk) is a city in the Spree-Neiße district of Brandenburg, Germany. The town was first mentioned in 1301 and has (as of 2005) 25,470 inhabitants.
The city is situated about 20km south of Cottbus, on an island and the two banks of the river Spree. Between 1871 and 1918, the city was the geographical center of the German Empire. Today, it is at a distance of just 25 km from the German-Polish border.
In 1911, there were a Roman Catholic and two Evangelical churches, a pilgrimage chapel, dating from 1100, a ducal chateau, built by a son of the elector John George about the end of the 16th century (utilized as government offices), classical, technical and commercial schools and a hospital.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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