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 Oberspreewald-LausitzOberspreewald-Lausitz Oberspreewald-Lausitz is a Kreis in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Dahme-Spreewald, Spree-Neiße, the districts Kamenz and Riesa-Großenhain in Saxony, and the district Elbe-Elster.... |
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Schipkau Schipkau Schipkau is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.-Geography:The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden.... |
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Klettwitz (Lower Sorbian: Klěśišća) is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
village of Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
, belonging to the municipality of Schipkau
Schipkau
Schipkau is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.-Geography:The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden....
, situated in the historical region of Lusatia
Lusatia
Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe. It stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Elbe valley in the west, today located within the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg as well as in the Lower Silesian and Lubusz voivodeships of western Poland...
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History
The village was first mentioned in 1370 with the name of Cleticz. Until December 31 2001 it was an autonomous municipality merged into Schipkau.Geography
Klettwitz, part of the Lower LusatiaLower Lusatia
Lower Lusatia is a historical region stretching from the southeast of the Brandenburg state of Germany to the southwest of the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Important towns beside the historic capital Lübben include Calau, Cottbus, Guben , Luckau, Spremberg, Finsterwalde, Senftenberg and Żary...
region, is located close to the borders with Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, 2 km in north of Schipkau
Schipkau
Schipkau is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.-Geography:The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connecting Berlin with Dresden....
. It is 6 km far from Senftenberg
Senftenberg
Senftenberg is a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.-Geography:Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at the border with Saxony...
, 50 from Cottbus
Cottbus
Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...
and 63 from Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. It is served by the motorway A13, connecting Dresden with Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, at the exit nr. 15 ("Klettwitz").
Some municipal localities (Siedlungsgebiete) are part of the suburb of Klettwitz. They are Herrnmühle (Knězny młyń, seat of the old hospital), Staudemühle (Pušćadłowe młyń), Treuhandsiedlung (Drjewojske sedlišćo) and Wilhelminensglück (Wilhelmincowy Gluki).
Sport
Located close to Klettwitz it is the "EuroSpeedway LausitzEuroSpeedway Lausitz
The EuroSpeedway Lausitz is a race track located near Klettwitz in the state of Brandenburg in Eastern Germany, near the borders of Poland and the Czech Republic...
", a race track
Race track
A race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or athletes. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses. Some motorsport tracks are called speedways.A racetrack is a permanent facility or building...
originally named "Lausitzring", opened in 2000. On 25th April 2001, the Italian racing driver Michele Alboreto
Michele Alboreto
Michele Alboreto was an Italian racing driver. He is famous for finishing runner up to Alain Prost in the 1985 Formula One World Championship, as well as winning the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2001 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races...
was fatally injured in a crash at the circuit, and on 15th September of the same year, CART driver Alex Zanardi
Alex Zanardi
Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi is an Italian racing driver and paracyclist.He won two CART championship titles in North America during the late 1990s. He also had a less successful career as a Formula One driver...
suffered a horiffic accident at the circuit in what was one of his most competitive races of his CART comeback season. Towards the end of the race, Zanardi collided with fellow driver, Alex Tagliani
Alex Tagliani
Alexandre Tagliani is a Canadian auto racing driver from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He currently competes in the IZOD IndyCar Series, driving the #77 entry for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.-Champ Car career:...
, whist emerging from the pit lane and his car took heavy impacted damage on the side, splitting the monocoque in half. As a result of the impact, Zanardi lost both legs (one at and one above the knee) and nearly three-quarters of his blood volume, though rapid medical intervention saved his life.