Bautzen (district)

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Bautzen
Map of Free State of Saxony highlighting the district Bautzen
State	Free State of Saxony
County seat	Bautzen
Adm. region	Dresden
Area	955 km²
Population	152.391 population_as_of=31.12.2003
pop. density	169 inh./km²
Car identification	BZ
Web page	http://www.landkreis-bautzen.de

Bautzen is a district in the Free State of Saxony in Germany including the former district of Bischofswerda. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the Czech Republic and the districts of Sächsische Schweiz, Kamenz, Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and Löbau-Zittau.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

Historically most of the Upper Lusatia belonged to Bohemia. After the end of the Thirty Years' War it became a part of Saxony. Only the small town of Schirgiswalde remained Bohemian until 1809.

The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Bautzen and Bischofswerda.

[edit] Geography

The district belongs to the region of Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz). The southern border region is occupied by the Lusatian Mountains. The countryside slopes away to the north.

The Spree River enters the district from the southeast and runs through Schirgiswalde and Bautzen before leaving to the north. Behind Bautzen the river is dammed by a reservoir (Bautzener Stausee, 5.5 km²).

[edit] Coat of arms

The district's arms are identical to the arms of the margravate of Upper Lusatia. The coat of arms was established about 1350, when six towns of Upper Lusatia founded a confederacy. This loose alliance became a margravate under the Bohemian crown in 1378.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bautzen Bischofswerda Schirgiswalde Weißenberg Wilthen	Burkau Crostau Cunewalde Demitz-Thumitz Doberschau-Gaußig Eulowitz Frankenthal Göda Großdubrau Großharthau Großpostwitz Guttau Hochkirch	Kirschau Königswartha Kubschütz Malschwitz Neschwitz Neukirch (Lusatia) Obergurig Puschwitz Radibor Rammenau Schmölln-Putzkau Sohland an der Spree Steinigtwolmsdorf

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany
Urban districts	Chemnitz \| Dresden \| Görlitz \| Hoyerswerda \| Leipzig \| Plauen \| Zwickau
Rural districts	Annaberg \| Aue-Schwarzenberg \| Bautzen \| Chemnitzer Land \| Delitzsch \| Döbeln \| Freiberg \| Kamenz \| Leipziger Land Löbau-Zittau \| Meißen \| Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis \| Mittweida \| Muldentalkreis \| Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa-Großenhain \| Sächsische Schweiz \| Stollberg \| Torgau-Oschatz \| Vogtlandkreis \| Weißeritzkreis \| Zwickauer Land