Wittichenau

Location of the town of Wittichenau within Bautzen district
Kulow Wittichenau

Wittichenau
Coordinates
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Admin. region	Dresden
District	Bautzen
Town subdivisions	12
Mayor	Udo Popella (CDU)

Basic statistics
Area	62.24 km² (24.03 sq mi)
Elevation	127 m (417 ft)
Population	5,943 (31 December 2010)^[1]
- Density	95 /km² (247 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BZ
Postal code	02997
Area code	035725
Website	www.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 Kingdom of Bohemia. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, Slavic Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak German.

Wittichenau is the birthplace of the following:

Georg August Swotlick / Jurij Hawštyn Swětlik (translated the Bible into Sorbish)
Matthias Wenzel Jaeckel
Xavier Jakub Ticin (creator of Upper Sorbian grammar)
Ulrich Pogoda (Sorbian musician and composer)
Günther Särchen (Roman Catholic social pedagogue)

References

^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 July 2011. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf.

Towns and municipalities in Bautzen (district)

Arnsdorf \| Bautzen/Budyšin \| Bernsdorf \| Bischofswerda \| Bretnig-Hauswalde \| Burkau/Porchow \| Crostwitz/Chrósćicy \| Cunewalde \| Demitz-Thumitz \| Doberschau-Gaußig/Dobruša-Huska \| Elsterheide/Halštrowska Hola \| Elstra/Halštrow \| Frankenthal \| Göda/Hodźij \| Großdubrau/Wulka Dubrawa \| Großharthau \| Großnaundorf \| Großröhrsdorf \| Großpostwitz/Budestecy \| Guttau/Hućina \| Haselbachtal \| Hochkirch/Bukecy \| Hoyerswerda/Wojerecy \| Kamenz/Kamjenc \| Königsbrück \| Königswartha/Rakecy \| Kubschütz/Kubšicy \| Laußnitz \| Lauta \| Lichtenberg \| Lohsa/Łaz \| Malschwitz/Malešecy \| Nebelschütz/Njebjelčicy \| Neschwitz/Njeswačidło \| Neukirch/Lausitz \| Neukirch (bei Königsbrück) \| Obergurig/Hornja Hórka \| Ohorn \| Oßling/Wóslink \| Ottendorf-Okrilla \| Panschwitz-Kuckau/Pančicy-Kukow \| Pulsnitz \| Puschwitz/Bóšicy \| Räckelwitz/Worklecy \| Radeberg \| Radibor/Radwor \| Ralbitz-Rosenthal/Ralbicy-Róžant \| Rammenau \| Schirgiswalde-Kirschau \| Schmölln-Putzkau \| Schönteichen \| Schwepnitz \| Sohland an der Spree \| Spreetal/Sprjewiny Doł \| Steina \| Steinigtwolmsdorf \| Wachau \| Weißenberg/Wóspork \| Wilthen \| Wittichenau/Kulow