Tauche
Tauche | |
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Location of Tauche within Oder-Spree district | |
| 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 |
| Area | |
• Total | 119.93 km2 (46.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 3,683 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/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).
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.