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Dahme-Spreewald ( Lower Sorbian : Wokrejs Damna-Błota , pronounced [ˈwɔkrɛjs ˈdamna ˈbwɔta] ) is a district in Brandenburg , Germany . It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Oder-Spree , Spree-Neiße , Oberspreewald-Lausitz , Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming , and by the city of Berlin .

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4-618: Mittenwalde ( German: [ˈmɪtn̩ˌvaldə] ) is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg , Germany . It is situated 30 km southeast of Berlin (centre). On May 28, 1562, the town of Mittenwalde lent Berlin 400 guilders, a debt which has never been repaid, though the town has attempted to collect the debt on rare occasions. As of 2020, this debt would be equivalent to about 113.92 million euros ($ 127.05 million) with simple interest, but with compound interest ,

8-414: The debt would be 43.58 quintillion euros, far larger than the global economy. This Brandenburg location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dahme-Spreewald The Spreewald region has always been a centre of Sorbian culture. In medieval times the cities of Lübben and Luckau had successively been capitals of the margravate of Lower Lusatia . From 1815 on Lower Lusatia

12-456: The northeast. The wooded regions along its banks are called Spreewald . The Spreewald is the westernmost part of Lusatia. Especially the cities of Lübben and Lübbenau welcome many tourists each year, offering boat trips and relaxing holidays in the beautiful Spreewald nature. The Dahme river is a tributary of the Spree. It forms many lakes in the northern part of the district. The Dahme leaves

16-423: Was a part of Prussia . Throughout the 19th century the region remained an agriculturally used area, some urbanisation taking place in the very north (close to Berlin) only. When the state of Brandenburg was newly founded in 1990, the districts of Lübben, Luckau and Königs Wusterhausen had been established. In 1993 the three districts were merged. The Spree river enters the district in the southeast and leaves to

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