Vetschau

Vetschau
Vetschau
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	Vetschau
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Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Government
• Mayor	Axel Müller (SPD)
Area
• Total	110.22 km2 (42.56 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	8,491
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	03226
Dialling codes	035433
Vehicle registration	OSL
Website	www.vetschau-online.de

Vetschau is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated in the Spreewald, 18 km west of Cottbus. Lower Sorbian name is Wětošow.

Demography

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)
Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

At Vetschau, there is the Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow, the former world's tallest wind turbine (until two slightly taller wind turbines opened in Poland in 2012), and the stork nest webcam installed by Naturschutzbund Niederlausitz.
Wendish-German double church

Richard Hellmann, founder of Hellmann's Mayonnaise, was born in Vetschau.

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