Königsbrück (

Upper Sorbian Upper Sorbian (), occasionally referred to as "Wendish", is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in Germany in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, which is today part of Saxony. It is grouped in the West Slavic language branch, together ...

: ''Kinspork'') is a town in the Bautzen district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated west of Kamenz, and northeast of the Saxon capital Dresden. Königsbrück is known as the western gate of the historic Upper Lusatia region.

History

First mentioned in 1248 the settlement arose around a fortress in the Bohemian crown land of Upper Lusatia where the '' Via Regia'' trade route crossed the border with the

Margraviate of Meissen The Margravate of Meissen (german: Markgrafschaft Meißen) was a medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony. It originally was a frontier march In medieval Europe, a march or mark was, in broad terms, any kind of bor ...

. First mentioned as a town in 1331, Königsbrück from 1562 was the administrative centre of a Bohemian

state country State country (german: Freie Standesherrschaft; cs, stavovské panství; pl, państwo stanowe) was a unit of administrative and territorial division in the Bohemian crown lands of Silesia and Upper Lusatia, existing from 15th to 18th centuries. T ...

(''Freie Standesherrschaft''), which passed under the suzerainty of the Saxon Electorate according to the 1635 Peace of Prague. In 1906 the Kingdom of Saxony had large proving grounds laid out for the XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps stationed at Dresden, that after World War II were used by the Soviet Army and finally closed in 1992.

Transport

Königsbrück railway station Königsbrück (Upper Sorbian: ''Kinspork'') is a town in the Bautzen district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated west of Kamenz, and northeast of the Saxon capital Dresden. Königsbrück is known as the western gate of the historic Upper Lusatia ...

is located south of the town centre. There are hourly passenger services to Ottendorf-Okrilla and Dresden.

Notable people

* Georg Bartisch (1535–1607), physician, ophthalmologist and urologist *

Marvin Stefaniak Marvin Stefaniak (born 3 February 1995) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club FC Erzgebirge Aue, Erzgebirge Aue. Career Beginnings and Dynamo Dresden Stefaniak began his career as a youth ...

(born 1995), footballer

References

West Lusatia Populated places in Bautzen (district) {{Bautzen-geo-stub