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Wittichenau
Wittichenau (German) or Kulow (Upper Sorbian) 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 Bohemian Crown and was passed to Saxony in 1635. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, Slavic Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak German. It is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Geography File:Pfarrkirche Wittichenau 4.JPG, Pfarrkirche Wittichenau File:Ev Kirche Wittichenau 4.JPG, Protestant church in Wittichenau File:Markt Wittichenau 2.JPG, Saxon post milestone File:Krabatsäule Wittichenau.JPG, Column for the title character of ''Krabat'' File:Neudorfer Weg 1 Wittichenau 2.JPG, School in Wittichenau Notable people * Georg August Swotlick (1650-1729), translated the Bible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittichenau
Wittichenau (German) or Kulow (Upper Sorbian) 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 Bohemian Crown and was passed to Saxony in 1635. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, Slavic Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak German. It is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Geography File:Pfarrkirche Wittichenau 4.JPG, Pfarrkirche Wittichenau File:Ev Kirche Wittichenau 4.JPG, Protestant church in Wittichenau File:Markt Wittichenau 2.JPG, Saxon post milestone File:Krabatsäule Wittichenau.JPG, Column for the title character of ''Krabat'' File:Neudorfer Weg 1 Wittichenau 2.JPG, School in Wittichenau Notable people * Georg August Swotlick (1650-1729), translated the Bible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Schowtka
Peter Georg Schowtka (; 7 January 1945 – 5 August 2022) was a German politician who served as a member of the Landtag of Saxony from 1991 to 2014. Schowtka was an ethnic Sorb. Early life and education Schowtka was born on 7 January 1945 in the town of Wittichenau in Saxony, then part of Nazi Germany. Six months after his birth, Schowtka's father was kidnapped by the Soviet occupation force and taken to the NKVD Special Camp No. 1 in Mühlberg, where he was killed in 1947. Schowtka was a Roman Catholic of Sorb ethnicity. Schowtka grew up in East Germany. From 1961 to 1964, he received vocational training as a concrete worker. Schowtka attended the University of Rostock from 1964 until 1969, where he studied Latin American studies. However, Schowtka was denied a diploma due to his "lack of socio-political maturity". Career From 1969 until 1990, Schowtka worked as an economist, and he later served as an interpreter for foreigners working in lignite mines in Mozambique. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubringer Moor
The Dubringer Moor (), is a nature reserve (NSG) in the Bautzen district in northern Saxony. Importance for conservation Fauna Dubringer Moor is an important breeding area for threatened bird species. Those on Saxony's red list (categories 1 and 2) are. * Hobby * Snipe * Kingfisher * Grey-headed woodpecker * Woodlark * Lapwing * Kleine Ralle * Crane * Shoveler * Great grey shrike * Red-backed shrike * Bittern * Marsh harrier * Red kite * Sedge warbler * Black kite The black kite (''Milvus migrans'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some populations have ... * Black woodpecker * White-tailed eagle * Barred warbler * Spotted crake * Eurasian wryneck, Wryneck * European honey buzzard, Honey buzzard * European nightjar, Nightjar External links Projects in the Dubringer Moor Nature Reserve by the NABU branch at Wittic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbian Settlement Area
hsb, Serbski sydlenski rum, dsb, Serbski sedleński rum, image_map=File:Sorbisches Siedlungsgebiet.png, subdivision_type1=Country, subdivision_name1=Germany, subdivision_type2=State, subdivision_name2=Saxony, subdivision_type3=State, subdivision_name3=Brandenburg The Sorbian settlement area ( dsb, Serbski sedleński rum, hsb, Serbski sydlenski rum, german: Sorbisches Siedlungsgebiet; in Brandenburg officially ''Siedlungsgebiet der Sorben/Wenden'') commonly makes reference to the area in the east of Saxony and the South of Brandenburg in which the West Slavic people of the Sorbs (in Brandenburg also called "Wends") live autochthonously. In colloquial German, it is called Sorbenland (Land of the Sorbs); before 1945 also – sometimes pejoratively – called ''Wendei''. This area was reduced constantly during the centuries due to assimilation, Germanization and strip mining lignite. Additionally, the identification as Sorb is free under federal and state law and cannot be verif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwarze Elster
The Black Elster or Schwarze Elster () is a long river in eastern Germany, in the states Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, right tributary of the Elbe. Its source is in the Lusatia, Upper Lusatia region, near Elstra. The Black Elster flows through the cities Kamenz, Hoyerswerda, Senftenberg, Lauchhammer, Elsterwerda, Bad Liebenwerda, Herzberg (Elster), Herzberg and Jessen (Elster), Jessen. It flows into the river Elbe at Elster (Elbe), upstream from Wittenberg. Geography The river rises in the Lusatian Highlands (Upper Lusatia) about south of the village Kindisch in the borough of Elstra on the eastern flank of the high ''Kuppe'', a subpeak of the Hochstein (Elstra), Hochstein. From here the ''Black Elster'' flows initially in a northerly direction through Elstra, Kamenz, Milstrich and Wittichenau; from Hoyerswerda it flows in westwards to Elsterheide. Further downstream, after , it crosses the Saxon-Brandenburg border and flows through Senftenberg, Ruhland and Lauchham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bautzen (district)
The district of Bautzen (german: Landkreis Bautzen, hsb, Wokrjes Budyšin) is a district in the state of Saxony in Germany. Its largest towns are Bautzen, Bischofswerda, Kamenz, Hoyerswerda and Radeberg. It is the biggest district in Saxony by area, and a member of the Neisse Euroregion. It is bordered to the south by the Czech Republic. Clockwise, it also borders the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, the district-free city of Dresden, the district of Meißen, the state of Brandenburg, and the Görlitz district. History Historically, most of Upper Lusatia belonged to Bohemia. After the end of the Thirty Years' War, it became a part of Saxony. Only the small town of Schirgiswalde remained Bohemian until 1809. The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Bautzen and Bischofswerda. The district of Kamenz and the district-free city of Hoyerswerda were merged into the district in August 2008. Geography The district of Bautzen is part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krabat
Krabat () is a character in Sorbian folklore, also dubbed the " Wendish Faust". First records of him were mentioned in 1839 minutes of the Akademischen Vereins für lausitzische Geschichte und Sprache, but all writings of the association were lost. The character developed from an evil sorcerer into a folk hero and beneficial trickster in the course of the 19th century. Analysis A thorough research of various historical documents established that Krabat was in fact Janko Šajatović (1624–1704), a Croat (Crabat) cavalry commander from Žumberak who came to the north of Germany in 1658 to defend the borders of Christian Europe. After he became known for his military abilities the Saxon prince invited him to be in his personal guard. As a reward, as a man of trust, the prince gave him a property in Groß Särchen, where with his knowledge and skills, since he was one of the few literate people in the area which was already inhabited by Sorbs, he helped people in variou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xaver Jakub Ticin
The given name Xavier (, , , , ; es, Javier ; eu, Xabier ) is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Spanish Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier. Etymology Xavier comes from the name of the Jesuit missionary saint Francis Xavier, where ''Xavier'' stands for his birthplace of Javier (''Xabier'' in Basque; ''Xavier'' in Old Spanish) in the Kingdom of Navarre. The toponym is itself the romanization of the Basque place-name (and surname) '' etxe berri'', meaning 'castle', 'new house' or 'new home'. People Arts * Xavier Abraham (born 1945), Spanish poet * Xavier Abril (1905–1990), Peruvian poet *Xavier Armange (born 1947), French writer and illustrator * Xavier Arsène-Henry (1919–2009), French modernist architect and urban planner *Xavier Atencio (1919–2017), American animator for The Walt Disney Company * Xavier Barbier de Montault (1830–1901), French liturgical writer *Xavier Blum Pinto (born 1957), Ecuadorian artist *Xavier Boniface Saintine (1798–1865 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Pogoda
Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Alamannic nobility, the name is popularly given from the high medieval period in reference to Saint Ulrich of Augsburg (canonized 993). There is also a surname Ulrich. It is most prevalent in Germany and has the highest density in SwitzerlandThis last name was found in the United States around the year 1840Most Americans with the last name were concentrated in Pennsylvania, which was home to many Pennsylvania Dutch, German immigrant communities. Nowadays in the United States, the name is distributed largely in the Pennsylvania-Ohio regio History Documents record the Old High German name ''Oadalrich'' or ''Uodalrich'' from the later 8th century in Alamannia. The related name ''Adalric'' (Anglo-Saxon cognate '' Æthelric'') is attested fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraut Skoddow
890 Waltraut is an Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 11 March 1918. It was named for a character in Richard Wagner's opera, ''Götterdämmerung'' (Twilight of the Gods). This is a member of the dynamic Eos family The Eos family (''adj. Eoan'' ; ) is a very large asteroid family located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. The family of K-type asteroids is believed to have formed as a result of an ancient catastrophic collision. The family's parent body ... of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body. References External links * * 000890 Discoveries by Max Wolf Named minor planets 000890 19180311 {{beltasteroid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishopric Of Görlitz
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these courts was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicar General
A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop's Ordinary (church officer), ordinary executive (government), executive power over the entire diocese and, thus, is the highest official in a diocese or other particular church after the diocesan bishop or his equivalent in canon law. The title normally occurs only in Western Christian churches, such as the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Among the Eastern churches, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Kerala uses this title and remains an exception. The title for the equivalent officer in the Eastern churches is syncellus and protosyncellus. The term is used by many religious orders of men in a similar manner, designating the authority in the Order after its Superior General. Ecclesiastical structure In the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
