Königsbrück

Königsbrück / Kinspork Kińsbork
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Königsbrück / Kinspork within Bautzen district
Königsbrück / Kinspork Show map of Germany Königsbrück / Kinspork Show map of Saxony
Coordinates: 51°15′N13°53′E / 51.250°N 13.883°E / 51.250; 13.883
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Municipal assoc.	Königsbrück
Subdivisions	3
Government
•  Mayor (2022–29)	Heiko Driesnack [1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	77.83 km2 (30.05 sq mi)
Elevation	175 m (574 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	4,651
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01936
Dialling codes	035795
Vehicle registration	BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Website	www.koenigsbrueck.de

Königsbrück (German name; Upper Sorbian name: Kinspork, pronounced [ˈkʲinspɔʁk] Polish : Kińsbork) is a town in the Bautzen district, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. It is situated 14 km (8.7 mi) west of Kamenz, and 27 km (17 mi) northeast of the Saxon capital Dresden. Königsbrück is known as the western gate of the historic Upper Lusatia region.

History

Town hall

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. First mentioned as a town in 1331, Königsbrück from 1562 was the administrative centre of a Bohemian state country (Freie Standesherrschaft), which passed under the suzerainty of the Saxon Electorate according to the 1635 Peace of Prague. One of two main routes connecting Warsaw and Dresden ran through the town in the 18th century and Kings Augustus II the Strong and Augustus III of Poland often traveled that route. ^[3] 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 is located south of the town centre. There are hourly passenger services to Ottendorf-Okrilla and Dresden.

Notable people

Georg Bartisch (1583)

• Georg Bartisch (1535–1607), physician, ophthalmologist and urologist
• Marvin Stefaniak (born 1995), footballer

References

1. Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
2. "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
3. "Informacja historyczna". Dresden-Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 27 November 2023.