Buchwalde (Malschwitz)

Buchwalde ; Bukojna Community Malschwitz Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 28 " N , 14 ° 34 ′ 40" E
Height :	147 m above sea level NN
Residents :	142 (December 31, 2016)
Incorporation :	1st February 1974
Incorporated into:	Baruth
Postal code :	02694
Area code :	035932

Aerial view

Buchwalde , Bukojna in Upper Sorbian ^?^/ⁱ , is a village in the East Saxon district of Bautzen and has been part of the Malschwitz community since 1994 . It is located in Upper Lusatia and is part of the official Sorbian settlement area .

geography

Kotitzer Wasser south of Buchwalde with a view of the Czorneboh

Buchwalde is about 14 km northeast of Bautzen and 8 km northwest of Weißenberg on one arm of the Kotitzer and Löbauer waters , which are referred to as Mühlgraben and Ritschka . The two bodies of water unite in Buchwalde and flow 2 km northwest again into the Kotitzer water. The area around Buchwalde is characterized by numerous natural and artificial watercourses as well as large fields in the south and forests in the north. The place is at 147 m above sea level. NN.

Buchwalde is a forest hoof village ; a former manor is located in the center of the village.

history

The place is first mentioned in 1280 as the Buchinwalde manor . This suggests a foundation by German new settlers who came to the country after the conquest of Upper Lusatia around 1000. From 1482 the village was owned by the city of Bautzen, which bought it at that time. The city was the landlord of Buchwalde at least until the Upper Lusatian Pönfall (1547). Later it belonged to the Baruth rule . The Sorbian name appears for the first time in 1684 ( z Bukowneye = "from Buchwalde") and is synonymous ( bukojna = "beech forest").

Map of Oberreit with Buchwalde around 1845

In 1854 there were also some Buchwald residents among the 558 Sorbian emigrants who left Europe under the leadership of Pastor Jan Kilian and founded the Sorbian settlement of Serbin in Texas.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality Gleina was incorporated.

Buchwalde was an independent municipality until February 1, 1974, when it was incorporated into Baruth . The place Gleina belonged to the municipality Buchwalde since 1950. The municipality of Baruth came to Malschwitz with the municipal reform in 1994.

population

The last population information for the place Buchwalde comes from 1964. At that time 498 inhabitants lived in the village. Most of the devout residents are traditionally Evangelical Lutheran. Buchwalde has been part of the Baruth parish since the 16th century.

For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Upper Lusatia, Arnošt Muka determined a population of 299 inhabitants in the 1880s; of these, 279 were Sorbs (93%) and 20 were Germans. In 1956, the Sorbian-speaking population in the municipality was still 64%. Since then it has continued to decline sharply.

traffic

Buchwalde is further away from the Autobahn 4 , the next junctions are 10 ( Weißenberg ) or 11 km away ( Bautzen-Ost ). Local roads connect the place with Gleina (1 km) and Baruth (2 km).

The dismantled Löbau – Radibor railway passed directly south of Buchwalde; the nearest train station was in Baruth. At last it was only used for freight traffic to Baruth and was finally shut down in 1995.

Personalities

The Sorbian pastor and cultural politician Jaroměr Hendrich Imiš (Friedrich Heinrich Immisch) was born in Buchwalde in 1819. He was one of the founding fathers of the Sorbian science society Maćica Serbska .

Web links

Commons : Buchwalde / Bukojna - collection of images, videos and audio files

Buchwalde in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

supporting documents

↑ Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
^ Andreas Bensch: Chronology of the city of Bautzen. Bautzen 2001.
^ Marion Völker: The urban constitution from the beginning to the Pönfall in 1547. In: From Budissin to Bautzen. Lusatia, Bautzen 2002.
^ Ernst Eichler , Hans Walther : Ortnamesbuch der Oberlausitz. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1975.
↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, p. 50 .
^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 244 .

[HOV-1] Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

[2] Andreas Bensch: Chronology of the city of Bautzen. Bautzen 2001.

[3] Marion Völker: The urban constitution from the beginning to the Pönfall in 1547. In: From Budissin to Bautzen. Lusatia, Bautzen 2002.

[4] Ernst Eichler , Hans Walther : Ortnamesbuch der Oberlausitz. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1975.

[Muka-5] Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, p. 50 .

[Tschernik-6] Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 244 .