Altdöbern

History

From 1815 to 1945, Altdöbern was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Geography

Altdöbern lies in Lower Lusatia, but is not part of its sorbian inhabited area. The flat landscape is dominated by large forests and new lakes created from the remainings of former opencast lignite mines since the 1990s. One of these is 880 ha (2200 acre) large Altdöberner See, east of the town. Its flooding is planned to be finished in the 2020s. The municipality of Altdöbern also contains the settlements Pritzen, Peitzendorf and Chransdorf and the villages Ranzow and Reddern. The municipalities of Altdöbern, Bronkow, Luckaitztal, Neupetershain (Nowe Wiki) and Neu-Seeland together form the collective municipality Amt Altdöbern.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  490
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  437
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  429
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  428
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  406
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  384
• Eurasian Jay

  Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  348
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  334

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2008-08-13
  4 km NE of Kodersdorf, Germany