Bad Muskau
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| Bad Muskau | |
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| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Saxony |
| Admin. region | Dresden |
| District | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Muskau |
| Town subdivisions | 3 |
| Mayor | Andreas Bänder |
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| Area | 15.35 km² (5.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (361 ft) |
| Population | 4,029 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 262 /km² (680 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | NOL |
| Postal code | 02953 |
| Area code | 035771 |
| Website | www.badmuskau.de |
| Location of the town of Bad Muskau within Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis district | |
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Bad Muskau (formerly Muskau, Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: Mužakow) is a spa town in Upper Lusatia, Germany, being the site of the famous Park von Muskau. It is part of the district Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, in Saxony.
It is located on the Lusatian Neisse, which forms the border between Poland and Germany, directly opposite the Polish town Łęknica.
[edit] History
Muskau was founded in the 13th century and was first mentioned in 1249. The earldom (Standesherrschaft) of Muskau was the largest of the Holy Roman Empire. It belonged to the Margraviate of Upper Lusatia under the Electorate of Saxony until 1806, when the electorate was elevated to the Kingdom of Saxony. Much of Upper Lusatia passed to the Kingdom of Prussia according to the 1815 Congress of Vienna and was administered within the Province of Silesia.
Up to the beginning of the 19th century Muskau's direct rulers were the Earls of Callenberg, succeeded up to 1845 by Earl (later Duke) Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, later on by Prince Wilhelm Friedrich Karl von Oranien-Nassau, and after him by the Earls von Arnim, right up to 1945. After 1945 it was divided (along the Neisse River) between East Germany and Poland. About two thirds of the Park von Muskau came under Polish administration.
In 1962 Muskau was renamed "Bad Muskau" after a therapeutic bath (spa) was built there.
[edit] People
- Nathaniel Gottfried Leske (1751-1786), natural scientist
- Leopold Schefer (1784-1862), writer and composer
- Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871), famous landscape gardener and writer, founder of the Park von Muskau
- Eduard Petzold (1815-1891), landscape gardener
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