Bischdorf (Lower Sorbian: Wótšowc) is a village and former municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is located in Lusatia about 90 km (55 mi) south of Berlin. Since 26 October 2003, Bischdorf is part of the town Lübbenau.

Bischdorf was founded around the year 1200 as an so called Angerdorf and first mentioned in 1415. The German name Bischdorf derived from the Bishopric of Meissen, by which the village was owned at the time. The Lower Sorbian name Wótšowc can be translated as small island. After Bischdorf was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, it was rebuilt and resettled in 1652. During the 17th and 18th century, Bischdorf was divided into two parts, one of which belonged to Margraviate of Brandenburg. The other part of Bischdorf belonged to the Electorate of Saxony. In 1815, the entire village became part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. After the construction of the Lübbenau–Kamenz railway in 1874, Bischdorf got a Freight depot, which was later also used as a railway station. Since 1952, Bischdorf was part of the Bezirk Cottbus in the German Democratic Republic. In 1960, the mining of Lignite began. As a result, three buildings inside the village had to be demolished. After the German reunification, Bischdorf became part of the state Brandenburg. In 1996, the lignite mining ended and the former quarry is turned into a lake.

On 1 January 1969, the then municipality Bischdorf annexed the municipality Seese with its district Mlode. In the same year, Seese was destroyed in favor of lignite mining. On 1 June 1987, Mlode regained independence as a municipality, it is now a district of Calau (since 2003). On 1 January 1987, the Gemarkung of the former village Kahnsdorf became part of Bischdorf. Bischdorf itself was annexed by Lübbenau on 26 October 2003.

In the 1990s, the village green and the village pond were redesigned and the streets in the village were repaved, and the schoolhouse was developed as a clubhouse. Footpaths were laid out and street lighting was newly installed.

Lübbenau/Spreewald: Population development
within the former municipality boundaries (2002)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 282 —     1890 307 +0.57% 1910 376 +1.02% 1925 366 −0.18% 1933 331 −1.25% 1939 331 +0.00% 1946 488 +5.70% 1950 471 −0.88% 1964 325 −2.62%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 425 +3.91% 1981 377 −1.19% 1985 339 −2.62% 1989 235 −8.75% 1990 233 −0.85% 1991 235 +0.86% 1992 232 −1.28% 1993 230 −0.86% 1994 217 −5.65%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1995 213 −1.84% 1996 222 +4.23% 1997 219 −1.35% 1998 233 +6.39% 1999 229 −1.72% 2000 226 −1.31% 2001 219 −3.10% 2002 217 −0.91%

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