Wittichenau
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  Wittichenau | ||
Location of Wittichenau within Bautzen district 
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| Coordinates: 51°23′N 14°15′E / 51.383°N 14.250°ECoordinates: 51°23′N 14°15′E / 51.383°N 14.250°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Saxony | |
| District | Bautzen | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Udo Popella (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 62.24 km2 (24.03 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 5,830 | |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 02997 | |
| Dialling codes | 035725 | |
| Vehicle registration | BZ | |
| 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.
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Pfarrkirche Wittichenau
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Protestant church in Wittichenau
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Saxon post milestone
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Column for the title character of Krabat
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School in Wittichenau
Wittichenau is the birthplace of the following:
- Georg August Swotlick / Jurij Hawštyn Swětlik (translated the Bible into Sorbish)
- Matthias Wenzel Jäckel/Maćij Wjacław Jakula
- Xavier Jakub Ticin (creator of Upper Sorbian grammar)
- Ulrich Pogoda (Sorbian musician and composer)
- Günther Särchen (Roman Catholic social pedagogue)
References
- ↑ "Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen – Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). 6 September 2014.
