Schipkau

Schipkau (Šejkow, ) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography
The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden.

Schipkau counts 5 civil parishes (Ortsteile): Annahütte, Drochow, Hörlitz, Klettwitz and Meuro.

History
From 1815 to 1947, Schipkau was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. In 2021, the Energiepark Lausitz project of the municipality of Schipkau was realized on the Klettwitz Hochkippe by GP JOULE with the partners Terravent and Steinbock EE. There, the open spaces between the existing wind turbines are used for the construction and operation of photovoltaic systems.

Sport
Close to Klettwitz and in north of Schipkau the "EuroSpeedway Lausitz" is located, a race track originally named "Lausitzring".