Schwielochsee

Schwielochsee or Gójacki Jazor is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany formed of 10 small villages. It is located at the southern shores of the lake Schwielochsee.
On 26 October 2003, the municipality of Schwielochsee was formed by merging six municipalities. These were Goyatz-Guhlen, Jessern, Lamsfeld-Groß Liebitz, Mochow, Ressen-Zaue and Speichrow.
Parts of the municipality are in the Sorbian settlement area; in those areas, the German and Lower Sorbian languages have equal status.

History

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Schwielochsee were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 partially of the Bezirk Cottbus and partially of the Bezirk Frankfurt in East Germany. Since 1990, they have again been part of Brandenburg, since 2003 united as the municipality of Schwielochsee.