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Town in Brandenburg, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finsterwalde (German pronunciation: [fɪnstɐˈvaldə] , Lower Sorbian: Grabin, pronounced [ˈɡrabʲin]) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district (German: Landkreis), in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
Finsterwalde | |
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Location of Finsterwalde within Elbe-Elster district | |
Coordinates: 51°37′42″N 13°42′37″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Elbe-Elster |
Subdivisions | 3 Stadtteile / 2 Ortsteile |
Government | |
• Mayor (2017–25) | Jörg Gampe[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 76.91 km2 (29.70 sq mi) |
Elevation | 108 m (354 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 15,968 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 03238 |
Dialling codes | 03531 |
Vehicle registration | EE, FI, LIB |
Website | www.finsterwalde.de |
It is situated on the Schackebach, a tributary of the Kleine Elster, 28 m. W.S.W of Cottbus by rail. Pop. (2005) 18,840. The town has a Gothic church (1581), a castle, schools, cloth and cigar factories, iron-foundries, flour and saw mills and factories for machine building. Popular are the "four singers from Finsterwalde" and their "singer-song".[citation needed]
Finsterwalde was first mentioned in 1288. Up until the beginning of 17th century, a large part of the city's population was still speaking Lower Sorbian.[3] In 1635, Finsterwalde came into the possession of the Electorate of Saxony and from 1815 it became part of the Kingdom of Prussia.[4] From 1815 to 1947, Finsterwalde was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.
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The following well known persons are from Finsterwalde:
Climate data for Doberlug-Kirchhain [lower-alpha 1] (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
1.8 (35.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45.7 (1.80) |
34.0 (1.34) |
38.8 (1.53) |
27.9 (1.10) |
57.2 (2.25) |
53.4 (2.10) |
69.4 (2.73) |
61.2 (2.41) |
45.8 (1.80) |
39.4 (1.55) |
43.3 (1.70) |
44.1 (1.74) |
561.6 (22.11) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 17.1 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 166.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 84.5 | 80.6 | 77.0 | 70.5 | 70.5 | 70.0 | 69.0 | 69.9 | 76.6 | 82.3 | 87.1 | 86.2 | 77.8 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 55.2 | 78.0 | 124.7 | 190.8 | 224.2 | 218.7 | 228.4 | 220.4 | 163.7 | 114.1 | 62.2 | 48.3 | 1,741.3 |
Source: NOAA[7] |
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