Grünewalde

Grünewalde is a district of the town of Lauchhammer in the southern Brandenburg district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz. It is located about 3 kilometers northwest of the town center on the federal highway 63 in the natural park of Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft.

Grünewalde was first mentioned in 1418 in a feudal document by the Margrave of Meissen and later Elector of Saxony Friedrich IV as "Grunenwald." The name of the place is presumably to be interpreted as "to the green forest" or "at the green forest." Later versions of the place name are Grunewalt, Grunewalde, Grünewalda, and finally Grünewalde. As a dialectal Sorbian form of the place name, Seln Drewo was used, cf. Lower Sorbian zelene drjewo, "green wood."

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