Lauchhammer
Lauchhammer is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden.
History
From 1815 to 1944, Lauchhammer was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1947 to 1952 it was part of Saxony-Anhalt and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.Demography
Transport
Lauchhammer lies on the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway and offers connections to Leipzig and Cottbus.Notable people
- Sven Benken, footballer
- Hans-Joachim Brauske, boxer
- Danny Breitfelder, footballer
- Thomas Gumpert, actor
- Klaus Haertter, fencer
- Stefan Härtel, boxer
- Jens Kunath, footballer
- Annett Neumann, track cyclist
- Magdalena Schmidt, gymnast
- Sebastian Schuppan, footballer
- Mario Veit, boxer
- Annelore Zinke, gymnast
- Martin Zurawsky, footballer