What is Oder-Spree?
{{Infobox German district |name=Oder-Spree |image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Oder-Spree.svg |image_flag=Hissflagge des Landkreises Oder-Spree.svg |state=Brandenburg |Kreisschlüssel=12067 |capital=[[Beeskow]] |area=2242 |population=196,655 |population_as_of=2002 |density=87 |carsign=LOS |url=[http://www.landkreis-oder-spree.de landkreis-oder-spree.de] |map=Brandenburg LOS.svg |coordinates = {{Coord|52|13|N|14|17|E |region:DE-BB_scale:300000_type:adm2nd |display=title}} }} '''Oder-Spree''' is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the eastern part of [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. The district is named after the two major rivers in the district - the [[Spree]], and the [[Oder]] river which is the eastern border. ==History== The district was created in [[1993]] by joining the districts of [[Eisenhüttenstadt]], [[Beeskow]] and [[Fürstenwalde]], and the independent city [[Eisenhüttenstadt]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Landkreis Oder-Spree.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows symbols for the three old districts which make up the district. In the topleft quarter is the coat of arms of the Bishops of Lebus, who had their seat in Fürstenwalde. The second quarter shows the chequered bar of the [[Cistercian Order]] as the symbol of the Abbey of Neuzelle. Until [[1817]] the abbey owned most of the territory which later became the district of Eisenhüttenstadt. The two quarters in the bottom symbolize the former district Beeskow. The three knives in the left are the symbol of the Lords of Strehla, the [[deer]] [[antler]] the symbol of the Lords of Biberstein, who in [[1317]] took over from the Lords of Strehla as the owners of Beeskow and Storkow. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| ! width=33% align=left|Amt-free towns ! width=33% align=left|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]] ! width=33% align=left| |- valign=top || #[[Beeskow]] #[[Eisenhüttenstadt]] #[[Erkner]] #[[Friedland, Brandenburg|Friedland]] #[[Fürstenwalde (Spree)|Fürstenwalde]] #[[Storkow]] <br> '''Amt-free municipalities''' #[[Grünheide]] #[[R