Burkau

Burkau

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Burkau

Coordinates: 51°11′N 14°11′E / 51.183°N 14.183°E / 51.183; 14.183Coordinates: 51°11′N 14°11′E / 51.183°N 14.183°E / 51.183; 14.183
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Bautzen
Government
 • Mayor Hans-Jürgen Richter (FDP)
Area
 • Total 31.83 km2 (12.29 sq mi)
Elevation 231 m (758 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 2,665
 • Density 84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 01906
Dialling codes 035953
Vehicle registration BZ
Website www.gemeinde-burkau.de

Burkau (Sorbian: Porchow) is a municipality in the east of Saxony, in the district of Bautzen in Germany.

Geography

Burkau is in the northern part of the Bautzen district in a region rich of woods in Upper Lusatia. It is about 6 km away - in northern direction - from the city of Bischofswerda and about 16 km - in western direction - from the main city of the district - Bautzen. The inner German motorway A4 between Dresden and Görlitz is near the community and got two direct connections with it. The source of the Klosterwasser/Klóšterska woda is located in territory of Burkau/Porchow. Nearby in the hills of the western Lusatia there is the source of the Schwarze Elster - one of the most important rivers of this region.

History

In 1164 the village of Burkau has been mentioned for the first time in document - other sources say it happened some hundred years later in 1312 - that is why the real age of it is still not known. The administrative community that exists today has been formed in 1994 when three formally independent communities decided to unify - those were "Burkau" (Porchow), "Uhyst am Taucher" (Horni Wujezd) and "Kleinhänchen" (Maly Wosyk) with all their smaller parts: "Auschkowitz" (Wuckecy), Großhänchen" (Wulki Wosyk), "Jiedlitz (Jedlica), "Neuhof" (Nowy Dwór), "Pannewitz" (Panecy) and "Taschendorf" (Ledzborecy).

Sights

The sights of the community are an old manor in Pannewitz, the stone-mill and the "Jiedlitzer Buchholzmühle" in Bocka and the church of Uhyst of the year 1801, now a road church in classic style.

References

  1. ↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2015] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2016.


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