Lohsa

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Lohsa/Łaz
Municipality
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Location of Lohsa/Łaz within Bautzen district
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Lohsa/Łaz
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Lohsa/Łaz
Coordinates: 51°23′2″N14°24′12″E / 51.38389°N 14.40333°E / 51.38389; 14.40333
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Bautzen
Government
 •  Mayor (2023–30) Thomas Leberecht [1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total134.36 km2 (51.88 sq mi)
Elevation
114 m (374 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
 • Total5,153
 • Density38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
02999
Dialling codes 035724/035726
Vehicle registration BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Website Einheitsgemeinde Lohsa

Lohsa (German) or Łaz (Upper Sorbian, pronounced [ˈwas] ) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany.

Contents

The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.

Demographics

The Sorbian population of the village was 358 in 1840, 355 in 1860, and 400 in 1880. [3]

Villages

Several villages belong to the municipality (names given in German/Upper Sorbian):

Economy and Infrastructure

Education

The municipality of Lohsa has a primary school in Groß Särchen and a secondary school.

Traffic

To the east of the municipality runs the B 156, to the west the B 96, via which the B 97 to the northwest can be reached. Lohsa is connected to the Niesky-Hoyerswerda(-Falkenberg (Elster)-Roßlau (Elbe)) railway line by a demand stop. The RB 64 line (Hoyerswerda-Görlitz) operates here as Seenland-Neisse-Shuttle.

Notable people

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Wahlergebnisse 2023, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.
  3. 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V (in Polish). Warszawa. 1884. p. 616.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ Pawlowski, Rita (2008). Unsere Frauen stehen ihren Mann: Frauen in der Volkskammer der DDR 1950 bis 1989 : ein biographisches Handbuch [Our Women Stand Their Ground: Women in the People's Chamber of the GDR, 1950 to 1989: a Biographical Handbook] (in German). Berlin: Trafo Verlagsgruppe  []. p. 126. ISBN   978-3-89626-652-1. OCLC   277197894.


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