Senftenberg

Senftenberg is a city in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. The river Schwarze Elster runs through Senftenberg and the city is placed at the seashores of Senftenberger See, certainly one of the biggest artificial lakes in Germany. Senftenberg changed into first referred to in a 1279 deed issued via Henry III the Illustrious of Wettin, then margrave of Lusatia. With Lower Lusatia, the settlement become obtained via the Kingdom of Bohemia below Charles IV of Luxembourg in 1368. Elector Frederick II of Saxony acquired Senftenberg in 1448, whereafter the place as a border stronghold of the House of Wettin became separated from Bohemian Lusatia, until in 1635 all Lusatian territories fell to Saxony via the Peace of Prague.

According to the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Lower Lusatia became annexed by way of Prussia and included into the Province of Brandenburg. Senftenberg is located inside the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia place at the border with Saxony. Its city centre is located north of the river Black Elster and the artificial Senftenberger Lake, a part of the Lusatian Lake District chain, about 20 kilometres northwest of Hoyerswerda, and 35 kilometres southwest of Cottbus.