The Meissen Lion and the Luckau Steer: both of these heraldic animals are depicted on the coat of arms for the county which was established in 1993. They stand for the history of the area which has been determined for centuries by Saxony and Prussia....
The beginnings of this town, which is known today as a city of singers, go back to over 700 years ago. First documented in 1282, the market town developed into an eastern Elbe town of colonists whose main trade was cloth-making...
The administrative district of Kleine Elster is one of nine administrative districts which has belonged to the county of Elbe-Elster for 16 years. Its great cultural attraction today is based on the administrative office for coal, which has been excavated here in surface mines over the course of several decades...
