Elsterwerda

Elsterwerda (Lower Sorbian: Wikow) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, 48 km northwest of Dresden, and 11 km southeast of Bad Liebenwerda.

History
From 1952 to 1990, Elsterwerda was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Notable people

 * Maria Josepha of Austria (1699–1757), Austrian princess and Queen of Poland
 * Hartmut Buschbacher (born 1958), international rowing coach
 * Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733–1796), Saxon prince
 * Franciszka Krasińska (1742–1796), Polish noblewoman and morganatic wife of the above
 * Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750–1822), classicist and naturalist, spent his childhood in Elsterwerda
 * Johannes Gillhoff (1861–1930), teacher and author
 * Erich Straube (1887–1971), officer in WW I and WW II
 * Richard Markert (1891–1957), senate president and mayor of Bremen
 * Bernd Martin (born 1940), historian, grew up in Elsterwerda
 * Siegbert Horn (1950–2016), canoeist, Olympic and World Champion
 * Ralf Minge (born 1960), football player and coach