Burkau

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Burkau
Burkau
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Burkau highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 11 '  N , 14 ° 11'  E

Basic data
State : Saxony
County : Bautzen
Height : 231 m above sea level NHN
Area : 31.9 km 2
Residents: 2605 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 82 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 01906
Area code : 035953
License plate : BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Community key : 14 6 25 060
LOCODE : DE BK6
Community structure: 9 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptstrasse 241
01906 Burkau
Website : www.gemeinde-burkau.de
Mayor : Sebastian Hein ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Burkau in the district of Bautzen
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Burkau ( Upper Sorbian Porchow ) is a place and the associated municipality west of Bautzen in eastern Saxony .

Geography and traffic

Burkau is located in the center of the Bautzen district in a wooded area in Upper Lusatia . The place itself is located in the valley of the young monastery water , which rises at the western end of the village. The source of the Black Elster in the north-west Lusatian hill country is also nearby .

The community is located about 6 km north of Bischofswerda and 16 km west of the district town of Bautzen . It is located on the federal motorway 4 ( Dresden - Görlitz ). The connection points Burkau and Uhyst am Taucher are located in the municipality. The Bischofswerda – Kamenz railway was torn down, the station building in Burkau was preserved.

history

Burkau was first mentioned in 1164, according to other sources not until 1312. The current large community was created in 1994 as part of the municipal reform from the three independent communities Burkau, Uhyst am Taucher and Kleinhchenchen with their districts.

Community structure

The following places belong to the municipality of Burkau (population figures as of May 9, 2011):

The Neuhof district is the only one that belongs to the official Sorbian settlement area .

politics

mayor

From the political turning point in 1990 to 2012, Hans-Jürgen Richter ( FDP ) was mayor of the municipality of Burkau. The mayoral elections on December 9, 2012 were won by the CDU candidate Sebastian Hein. He was confirmed in office in the mayoral election on October 27, 2019.

Municipal council

City council election 2014
Turnout: 63.0%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
37.4%
12.1%
15.4%
9.9%
13.3%
10.5%
1.4%
WVSVB
WVF
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
+ 13.4  % p
-8.3  % p
-3.2  % p
-5.7  % p
+ 2.3  % p
+ 0.1  % p
+1.4  % p
WVSVB
WVF

Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 , the 14 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:

  • CDU : 6 seats
  • Voters' Association Sportverein Burkau eV (WVSVB): 2 seats
  • SPD : 2 seats
  • FDP : 2 seats
  • LEFT : 1 seat
  • Floriansjünger voters' association (WVF): 1 seat
Manor Oberburkau, manor house

Attractions

  • Bocka manor house
  • Niederburkau mansion
  • Manor house Oberburkau
  • Pannewitz mansion
  • Bocka stone mill
  • Buchholzmühle Jiedlitz
  • Uhyster classicistic motorway church from 1801

education

The municipality of Burkau has a primary school. The Lucie Strewe Education Foundation is located in Burkau.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Other personalities

  • Paul Drews (1858–1912), professor of theology, from 1883 pastor in Burkau for six years

Gallery of all the villages in the Burkau community

  • Auschkowitz ( Wučkecy )

  • Bocka ( Bukowc )

  • Big Hen ( Wulki Wosyk )

  • Jiedlitz ( Jědlica )

  • Little Hen ( Mały Wosyk )

  • Neraditz ( Njeradecy )

  • Neuhof ( Nowy Dwór )

  • Pannewitz ( Panecy )

  • Taschendorf ( Ledźborecy )

  • Uhyst am diver ( Horni Wujězd )

literature

  • Horst Gersdorf: Burkau and its districts . Lusatia Verlag Dr. Stübner & Co. KG, Bautzen 2000. ISBN 3-929091-69-0
  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Burkau. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 31. Booklet: Bautzen Official Authority (Part I) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1908, p. 43.

Web links

Commons : Burkau  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony: Central Burkau  - sources and full texts
Wikisource: Manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony: Ober-Burkau  - sources and full texts
Wikisource: Manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony: Pannewitz am Taucher  - sources and full texts

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  1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Small-scale municipality sheet: Burkau. (PDF; 579 kB) In: 2011 Census : Population, households, families and their housing situation on May 9, 2011. State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , accessed on July 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Saxon Sorbs Act , Annex to Section 3 (2)
  4. ↑ The old one is the new mayor. In: Saxon newspaper . October 27, 2019, accessed October 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections