Zentendorf ( hsb, Šćeńc) is a village (''
Ortsteil
A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population t ...
'') of
Neißeaue
Neißeaue ( hsb, Nysowa łučina) is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany. It was formed in 1995, uniting Deschka, Emmerichswalde, Groß Krauscha (seat of administration), Kaltwasser, Klein Krauscha, Neu Krauscha, Zentendorf ...
, in the district
Görlitz
Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...
,
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
,
Germany
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. Prior to its incorporation into Neißeaue on 1 January 1999, Zentendorf was part of the municipality of
Deschka and until 1 July 1950, it was an independent municipality. Zentendorf is the easternmost place in Saxony and Germany.
History
The small village of Zentendorf was first mentioned in 1390 under the name of ''Cenetindorf''. A wide variety of place names have been mentioned for the place in the further course of time. In 1427, it was called ''Czenthendorf'' and in 1533 Zenttendorff; in 1560 the place name Centendorf was recorded. In 1791, Zentendorf was first mentioned under its current name.
[ Retrieved 18 July 2018.] The place name is derived from the Sorbian term for "young dog".
[Arnošt Muka: ''Serbski zemjepisny słowničk.'' Budyšin, 1927, S. 30]
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Populated places in Görlitz (district)
Former municipalities in Saxony