Krausnick hills

Krausnick hills
Krausnick hills
	Krausnicker Berge
Highest point
Peak	Wehlaberg
Elevation	144 m (472 ft)
Geography
Location	Brandenburg, Germany

Last updated April 16, 2019

The Krausnick hills^[1] (German : Krausnicker Berge) are a small range of hills in Eastern Germany in the federal state of Brandenburg.

German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein. It is also one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages which are most similar to German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch: Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are also strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Brandenburg is a state of Germany.

Name and location

The Krausnick hills are named after the village of Krausnick to their south. Their highest point is the Wehlaberg at 144 metres above sea level. The Krausnick hills form the boundary between the Spreewald to the southeast and the Dahmeland to the northwest. Both the hills themselves and the adjacent lakes (the Heideseen and Luchsee) belong to the Spreewald Biosphere Reserve and are popular tourist destinations.

Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg Place in Brandenburg, Germany

Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany.

Wehlaberg is a hill in Brandenburg, Germany.

The Spreewald is a section of the German state of Brandenburg located about 100 km south-east of Berlin. It was the center of the Battle of Halbe at the end of World War II, which included the last major land conflicts between German and Soviet forces. Spreewald was designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1991. It is known for its traditional irrigation system, consisting of more than 200 small canals within the 484-square-kilometre (187 sq mi) area. The landscape was shaped during the ice age. Alder forests on wetlands and pine forests on sandy dry areas are characteristic for the region. Grasslands and fields can be found as well.

Sights

The Bunter Stiel border stone Bunter-Stiel.jpg — The *Bunter Stiel* border stone

Because of their relative height, which is extreme for the state of Brandenburg (100 metres in less than 1 km), the hills are a popular destination.
Since 2003 there has been an observation tower on the Wehlaberg. In good visibility there are views as far as the Berlin Television Tower and the Jänschwalde Power Station (each ca. 60 km away).
The border between Saxony and Prussia ran over the Krausnick hills until 1815. The local name Bunter Stiel recalls the site of the border posts which are marked today by a commemorative stone of the same name.
About 2 km west of the Wehlaberg is another commemorative stone on a forest path by the former site of the Hungriger Wolf ("Hungry Wolf") inn, once a stop on the main trade route from Berlin to Cottbus.
There are some surviving oak trees, a legacy of the former oak mixed woodland here.
The Heideseen lakes on the Krausnick hills are also a popular destination.

Jänschwalde Power Station is located near the village of Jänschwalde in Brandenburg on the German-Polish border. The lignite-fired power station has an installed capacity of 3,000 megawatts and consists of six 500 MW units. It is the third-largest brown coal power plant in operation in Germany and is currently owned by EPH, who took over its ownership from Vattenfall in 2016.

Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.

Prussia was a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525 with a duchy centred on the region of Prussia on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It was de facto dissolved by an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and de jure by an Allied decree in 1947. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organised and effective army. Prussia, with its capital in Königsberg and from 1701 in Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany.

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References

↑ Kohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). Geography of the German Democratic Republic, VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, p. 49. ISBN 978-3-7301-0522-1.

Coordinates: 52°04′N13°48′E / 52.067°N 13.800°E / 52.067; 13.800

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[1] Kohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). Geography of the German Democratic Republic, VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, p. 49. ISBN 978-3-7301-0522-1.

Krausnick hills

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