Tauche | |
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Location of Tauche within Oder-Spree district  | |
  Tauche  Tauche | |
| Coordinates: 52°07′00″N 14°07′00″E / 52.11667°N 14.11667°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Oder-Spree |
| Subdivisions | 12 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–29) | Stephanie Erdmann[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 119.93 km2 (46.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,783 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 15848 |
| Dialling codes | 033675 |
| Vehicle registration | LOS |
| Website | www |
Tauche (Lower Sorbian: Tuchow) is a municipality on both sides of the river Spree in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany. The large municipality consists of 12 parts (German: Ortsteile) or villages with other local parts/settlements, respectively. The seat of the municipal administration is located in the village of the same name.
In 1813, explorer of Australia and naturalist, Ludwig Leichhardt, was born in the hamlet of Sabrodt near Trebatsch. That made, in 1998, the federal state of Brandenburg award the village of Trebatsch the additional name "Leichhardt-Gemeinde" (Leichhardt Municipality).[3]
Author Günter de Bruyn has been living since 1969 in Görsdorf. In Kossenblatt there is a castle, Schloss Kossenblatt, which is said to have been the favourite palace of the "Soldier King" Frederick William I of Prussia.
- ^ "Stephanie Erdmann überzeugt und wird neue Bürgermeisterin von Tauche". Märkische Oderzeitung. 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- ^ Awarding the additional name "Leichhardt-Gemeinde": Bekanntmachung des Ministeriums des Innern vom 27. März 1998. Amtsblatt für Brandenburg Gemeinsames Ministerialblatt für das Land Brandenburg, 9. Jahrgang, Nummer 15, 22. April 1998, S.438.