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Lohsa
View on WikipediaLohsa (German, pronounced [ˈloːza]) or Łaz (Upper Sorbian, pronounced [ˈwas] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany.
Key Information
The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.
Demographics
[edit]Villages
[edit]Several villages belong to the municipality (names given in German/Upper Sorbian):
- Dreiweibern/Tři Žony
- Driewitz/Drěwcy
- Friedersdorf/Bjedrichecy
- Groß Särchen/Wulke Ždźary
- Hermsdorf/Spree/Hermanecy
- Koblenz/Koblicy
- Lippen/Lipiny
- Litschen/Złyčin
- Lohsa/Łaz
- Mortka/Mortkow
- Riegel/Roholń
- Steinitz/Šćeńca
- Tiegling/Tyhelc
- Weißig/Wysoka
- Weißkollm/Běły Chołmc
Economy and Infrastructure
[edit]Education
[edit]The municipality of Lohsa has a primary school in Groß Särchen and a secondary school.
Traffic
[edit]To the east of the municipality runs the B 156, to the west the B 96, via which the B 97 to the northwest can be reached.
Lohsa/Łaz railway station is connected to the Niesky-Hoyerswerda(-Falkenberg (Elster)-Roßlau (Elbe)) railway line by a demand stop. The RB 64 line (Hoyerswerda-Görlitz) operates here as the Seenland-Neisse-Shuttle.
Notable people
[edit]- Handrij Zejler (1804–1872), Sorbian writer and activist, lived and died in Łaz[3]
- Martha Israel (1905–c. 1967), politician[4]
Gallery
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Municipal building -
Church -
School -
Castle in Weißig/Wysoka
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wahlergebnisse 2023, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V (in Polish). Warszawa. 1884. p. 616.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Pawlowski, Rita (2008). Unsere Frauen stehen ihren Mann: Frauen in der Volkskammer der DDR 1950 bis 1989 : ein biographisches Handbuch [Our Women Stand Their Ground: Women in the People's Chamber of the GDR, 1950 to 1989: a Biographical Handbook] (in German). Berlin: Trafo Verlagsgruppe. p. 126. ISBN 978-3-89626-652-1. OCLC 277197894.
External links
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