Großdubrau (
German
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) or Wulka Dubrawa (
Upper Sorbian
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, ) is a municipality in eastern
Saxony
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,
Germany
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. It belongs to
Bautzen district and lies north of the
town of Bautzen.
The municipality is part of the recognized
Sorbian settlement area
The Sorbian settlement area ( , , ; 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 Slavs, West Slavic people of the Sorbs ...
in Saxony.
Upper Sorbian
Upper Sorbian (), occasionally referred to as Wendish (), is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony, Germany. It is a West Slavic language, along with Lower Sorbian, Czech, Poli ...
has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.
Geography
The municipality is situated in the
Upper Lusatian flatland.
Villages
Twenty villages belong to the municipality, within Großdubrau's five smaller municipalities ''(Gemeinden)''.
Place names are given in German/Upper Sorbian, followed by the number of inhabitants:
*Großdubrau/Wulka Dubrawa, with the villages:
** Großdubrau/Wulka Dubrawa, 1,752 inh.
** Kleindubrau/Mała Dubrawa, 136 inh.
** Brehmen/Brěmjo, 127 inh.
** Crosta/Chróst, 474 inh.
*Commerau/Komorow, with the villages:
** Commerau/Komorow, 163 inh.
** Kauppa/Kupoj, 83 inh.
** Jetscheba/Jatřob, 77 inh.
** Göbeln/Kobjelń, 62 inh.
*Klix/Klukš, with the villages:
** /Klukš, 253 inh.
** /Lichań, 121 inh. (German name ''Leichnam'' until 1911)
** /Zdźar, 70 inh.
** /Załhow, 70 inh.
** Neusärchen/Nowe Zdźarki, 34 inh.
*Quatitz/Chwaćicy, with the villages:
** /Chwaćicy, 251 inh.
** Dahlowitz/Dalicy, 90 inh.
** Jeschütz/Ješicy, 59 inh.
** Kronförstchen/Křiwa Boršć, 80 inh.
** /Margarěćina hěta, 23 inh.
*Sdier/Zdźěr, with the villages:
** Sdier/Zdźěr, 274 inh.
** /Čelchow, 77 inh.
History
From 1952 to 1990, Großdubrau was part of the
Bezirk Dresden
The Bezirk Dresden was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany that lasted from 1952 to 1990. Dresden would be reabsorbed back into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Dresden.
History
The di ...
of
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
.
References
Populated places in Bautzen (district)
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