Herzberg (Elster)

Herzberg (Elster) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

Overview
From 1939 to 1945 it was home to the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster. The basement of the mast is still there.



History
From 1815 to 1944, Herzberg was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, it was part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Twin towns
Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities:
 * 🇩🇪 Büdingen, Hesse
 * 🇵🇱 Świebodzin, Poland
 * 🇺🇸 Dixon, United States of America
 * 🇩🇪 Soest, Germany

People

 * Johannes Clajus (1535–1592), grammarian
 * Louise von François (1817–1893), narrator and writer
 * Werner Janensch (1878–1969), paleontologist and geologist
 * Steffen Zesner (* 1967), world class swimmer