Wittichenau

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Wittichenau
Kulow
Markt Wittichenau 4.JPG
Coat of arms of Wittichenau
Coat of arms
Location of Wittichenau within Bautzen district
Wittichenau is located in Germany
Wittichenau
Wittichenau
Coordinates: 51°23′N 14°15′E / 51.383°N 14.250°E / 51.383; 14.250Coordinates: 51°23′N 14°15′E / 51.383°N 14.250°E / 51.383; 14.250
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictBautzen
Subdivisions12
Government
 • Mayor (2021–28) Markus Posch[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total62.24 km2 (24.03 sq mi)
Elevation
127 m (417 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total5,723
 • Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
02997
Dialling codes035725
Vehicle registrationBZ, BIW, HY, KM
Websitewww.wittichenau.de/stadt

Wittichenau (Sorbian: Kulow) is a bilingual town in the district of Bautzen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 6 km south of Hoyerswerda.

This small municipality is situated in the heart of bilingual Lusatia region which was for long centuries part of the Bohemian Crown and was passed to Saxony in 1635. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, Slavic Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak German.

  • Pfarrkirche Wittichenau

  • Protestant church in Wittichenau

  • Saxon post milestone

  • Column for the title character of Krabat

  • School in Wittichenau

Sons and daughters of the town[]

  • (1650-1729), translated the Bible into Sorbian and created the first printed Sorbian dictionary.
  • (1655-1738), was a prominent baroque sculptor, works can be seen in the Wittichenau Pfarrkirche and on the in Prague.
  • (1656-1693), wrote the first Upper Sorbian grammar, died near Belgrade as a chaplain in the Turkish War.
  • (1751-1831), bishop.
  • Herta Nikovich (1923-1994) left 102,000 dollars as a founder of the "Wittichenau children" - Mrs. Nikovich Foundation for the promotion of education, education, youth welfare and youth welfare for all children of the city of Wittichenau.
  • (1927-2004), Catholic social pedagogue, publicist and pioneer of German-Polish reconciliation, honorary citizen of Wittichenau.
  • (born 1941), Catholic theologian and priest, was Vicar General of the Bishopric of Görlitz.
  • (1942-2014), writer.
  • (born 1954), Sorbian composer of classical music.
  • (born 1945), politician (CDU), deputy in the Saxonian Landtag 1991-2014 and from 1990 to 1994 mayor of Wittichenau.

More information about these people can be found in the German Wikipedia.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse 2021, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
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