Klettwitz (; ) is a village in the municipality of Schipkau, in
Brandenburg
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, in eastern
Germany
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, situated in the historical region of
Lower Lusatia
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.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1370 with the name of ''Cleticz''. In 1815, it became part of the
Kingdom of Prussia
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, within which was administratively located within the
Province of Brandenburg
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. In 1904, the Sacred Heart church was built, mostly funded by local
Poles
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. In 1910, the settlement reached its peak population of 3,544. In the 1930s, some 550 Poles lived in the village, there were two Polish organizations, and Polish language classes and church services were held.
After
World War II
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, it was part of
East Germany
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, administratively located in the
Bezirk Cottbus
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History
The district was established, along with the othe ...
Lower Lusatia
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region, is located close to the borders with
Saxony
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Senftenberg
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Geography
Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at t ...
, 50 from
Cottbus
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and 63 from
Dresden
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. It is served by the motorway A13, connecting Dresden with
Berlin
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, at the exit nr. 15 ("Klettwitz").
Some municipal localities (''Siedlungsgebiete'') are part of the suburb of Klettwitz. They are Herrnmühle (''Knězny młyń'', seat of the old hospital), Staudemühle (''Pušćadłowe młyń''), Treuhandsiedlung (''Drjewojske sedlišćo'') and Wilhelminensglück (''Wilhelmincowy Gluki'').
The Bergheider See is an artificial lake created in the pit left by the Klettwitz Nord mine.
Sport
Located close to Klettwitz it is the "
EuroSpeedway Lausitz
The Lausitzring (formally known as the Dekra Lausitzring for ownership reasons) is a race track located near Klettwitz (a civil parish of Schipkau, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district) in the state of Brandenburg in northeast Germany, near the ...
", a
race track
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originally named "Lausitzring", opened in 2000.
Photogallery
File:Klettwitz seite1.JPG, Evangelic church (''Dorfkirche'')
File:Klettwitz kathkirche.JPG, Catholic church (''Herz-Jesus-Kirche'')
File:Treuhandsiedlung.JPG, Houses at the Treuhandsiedlung
File:Eurospeedway aussichtsturm.JPG,
Lausitzring
The Lausitzring (formally known as the Dekra Lausitzring for ownership reasons) is a race track located near Klettwitz (a civil parish of Schipkau, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district) in the state of Brandenburg in northeast Germany, near the bord ...