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Droby
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Radibor municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 15 ″  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 57 ″  E
Height : 141–156 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 95  (December 31, 2016)
Incorporation : April 1, 1936
Incorporated into: Milkel
Postal code : 02627
Area code : 035934
Aerial view

Droben , in Upper Sorbian Droby , is a village in the Saxon district of Bautzen . It belongs to Upper Lusatia and belonged to the Milkel community from 1936 to 1999 , from then to the Radibor community . The village is located in the official Sorbian settlement area and has 95 inhabitants.

geography

The place is between Milkel and Lomske a little off the state road 106, north of Bautzen . Lippitsch is located to the south . Above is part of the Upper Lusatian heath and pond area ; the only elevation is the Hahnenberg to the west.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1350. Two atonement crosses have survived from the Middle Ages . From 1777 the place belonged to the Milkel manor . From April 1, 1936 to January 1, 1999 he was part of the Milkel community. Today it belongs to the Radibor municipality.

The scientist Arnošt Muka counted 128 inhabitants in Droben in 1884/85, of whom 124 were Sorbs .

Population development from Droben

date Residents
1834 108
1871 177
1890 95
1910 93
1925 109
2010 91

economy

The former military base of the NVA is used currently (2008) of waste management. There is also a bus and taxi company of national importance as well as a cattle breeding facility.

swell

  • Above in the digital historical directory of Saxony
  1. As of December 31, 2016; Details of the Radibor municipal administration
  2. Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, DNB  455122113 .

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