Steinigtwolmsdorf

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Steinigtwolmsdorf
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Steinigtwolmsdorf (Germany)
Steinigtwolmsdorf
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony
Admin. region Dresden
District Bautzen
Local subdivisions 3
Mayor Guntram Steglich
Basic statistics
Area 18.03 km² (7 sq mi)
Elevation 394 m  (1293 ft)
Population 3,338  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 185 /km² (479 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BZ
Postal code 01904
Area code 035951
Website www.steinigtwolmsdorf.com

Coordinates: 51°4′00″N 14°21′00″E / 51.066667, 14.35

Steinigtwolmsdorf is a municipality of about 3419 inhabitants. It is situated in eastern Germany in the district of Bautzen in Saxony near the border to the Czech Republic. The community covers a surface of about 18,03 squarekilometers and got a density of population of about 190 inhabitants per skm.

[edit] Geography and traffical situation

Steinigtwolmsdorf is in the southern part of the district of Bautzen. It is about 16 km apart from the city of Bischofswerda and about 19 km apart from the city of Bautzen. It is near the federal highway (Bundesstrasse) B98, thats between Bischofswerda, Oppach and Zittau. The next railway-station can be found in Neukirch (Lausitz) at the railway-connection between Dresden and Liberec.

[edit] Parts of the community

The community consists out of three parts: Steinigtwolmsdorf, Ringenhain and Weifa. The central village of the community has been founded in 1250. The most important sight is the church from 1861 and some "Umgebindehäuser". In one part of the community called "Ringenhain" there can be found the smallest Umgebindehaus of the whole upper Lusatia. The small village of Weifa, the highest of all villages in whole upper Lusatia and also unique as being a free village since hundreds of years.

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