Herzberg (Elster)

Herzberg
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Herzberg within Elbe-Elster district
Location of Herzberg
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Coordinates: 51°41′N 13°14′E / 51.683°N 13.233°E / 51.683; 13.233
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Government
• Mayor (2025–33)	Karsten Eule-Prütz1 (Ind.)
Area
• Total	149.02 km2 (57.54 sq mi)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)2
• Total	8,732
• Density	58.60/km2 (151.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04916
Dialling codes	03535
Vehicle registration	EE, FI, LIB
Website	herzberg-elster.de

Herzberg (Elster) (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁtsˌbɛʁk] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

From 1939 to 1945 it was home to 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.

From 1815 to 1944, Herzberg was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, it was part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

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  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)
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  Recent population development (blue line) and forecasts

Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities:

• Büdingen, Hesse
• Świebodzin, Poland
• Dixon, United States of America
• Soest, Germany

• Johannes Clajus (1535–1592), grammarian
• Louise von François (1817–1893), narrator and writer
• Werner Janensch (1878–1969), paleontologist and geologist
• Steffen Zesner (* 1967), world class swimmer
• Georg Christian Schemelli (1676-1762), church musician