Herzberg (Elster)


Herzberg is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

Overview

As of 2004, its population is 10,968 and the mayor is Michael Oecknigk of the Christian Democratic Union.
Herzberg is twinned with the following cities:
From 1939 to 1945 there was the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster. The basement of the mast is still there.

Demography

Sons and daughters of the city