Elstra

Elstra
Coat of arms
Elstra
Location of Elstra within Bautzen district
Coordinates: 51°13′15″N 14°7′51″E / 51.22083°N 14.13083°ECoordinates: 51°13′15″N 14°7′51″E / 51.22083°N 14.13083°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Government
• Mayor	Volker Brandt (CDU)
Area
• Total	32.65 km^2 (12.61 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,840
• Density	87/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	01920
Dialling codes	035793
Vehicle registration	BZ
Website	www.elstra.de

Elstra (Sorbian: Halštrow) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 6 kilometres southeast of Kamenz, and 34 kilometres northeast of Dresden.

Personalities

• Georg Derlitzki (1889-1958), important agricultural scientist and economist
• Karl Schön (1923-1994), politician (SPD), born in Elstra

References

1. "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2015] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2016.