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Weissenberg (Switzerland)
Weissenberg or Weißenberg may refer to: *Weißenberg, a town in Saxony, Germany *the Battle of White Mountain, scene of the Battle of White Mountain *Weißenberg (Frankenweide), a hill in Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany People with the surname *Alexis Weissenberg (1929-2012), Bulgarian-born French pianist *Carola Weißenberg (1962), German figure skater *Isaac Meir Weissenberg (1881-1938), Yiddish short story writer *Joseph Weißenberg (1855-1941), German religious and social reformer *Karl Weissenberg (1893-1976), German physicist and founding rheology, rheologist *Samuel Weissenberg (1867–1928), Russian-Jewish anthropologist *Sophie Weißenberg (1997), German multi-discipline athlete See also *Weissenberg effect and Weissenberg number, both named after Karl Weissenberg * Weissenberge * Weissenberger (other) * Weissenburg (other) {{Disambiguation, surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weißenberg
Weißenberg (German) or Wóspork (Upper Sorbian) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany. The Upper Lusatian town has approximately 3100 inhabitants and is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Geography Weißenberg is located 16 km east of Bautzen/Budyšin in the region of Lusatia. The town borders Malschwitz/Malešecy and Hohendubrau in the north, Vierkirchen and Löbau in the south, and Hochkirch and Kubschütz in the west. It also borders the district of Görlitz. It's near to the border to the Czech Republic. Subdivisions * Belgern (Sorbian ''Běła Hora'', which means "white mountain") with Neubelgern ''(Nowa Běła Hora)'', 88 inhabitants * Cortnitz ''(Chortnica)'', 42 inhabitants * Drehsa ''(Droždźij)'', 234 inhabitants * Gröditz ''(Hrodźišćo)'', 246 inhabitants * Grube ''(Jama)'', 27 inhabitants * Kotitz ''(Kotecy)'', 193 inhabitants * Lauske ''(Łusk)'', 139 inhabitants * Maltitz ''(Malećicy)'' with Wasserkretscha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
