Amt Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz) is an ''

Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...

'' ("collective municipality") in the district of

Elbe-Elster Elbe-Elster is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Teltow-Fläming, Dahme-Spreewald, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Meißen, Nordsachsen and Wittenberg. The district has a partnership with the ...

, in

Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

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. Its seat is in Massen-Niederlausitz. The ''Amt'' Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz) consists of the following municipalities: # Crinitz #

Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf (Lower Sorbian: ''Swětłe-Šachlejce'') is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. History From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf (Lichterfeld, ...

# Massen-Niederlausitz # Sallgast

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Amt Kleine Elster.pdf, Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Amt Kleine Elster.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the

Census in Germany A national census in Germany (, ) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars, only a few full population censuses have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, was the 2011 Europea ...

in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line) Kleine Elster Elbe-Elster {{Brandenburg-geo-stub