Friedersdorf is located about six kilometers south of Markersdorf in Upper Lusatia and, at 13.31 km², is the second largest district in the municipality after Markersdorf. To the east of the village is the Berzdorfer See . In the west of the village is the Friedersdorfer Berg and the Great Nonnenwald. The district road 8403 runs through the village. The Friedersdorf water flows through Friedersdorf.
Friedersdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1286. However, it can be assumed that the place has existed for a long time. In a document from 1363, the place is named Friederychsdorf . The Waldhufendorf Friedersdorf belonged to the district of Görlitz around 1825 . In 1895 the size of the district was 1323 hectares . The place was first parish to Gersdorf, later there was its own parish church. In 1947 the place became part of the Weißwasser-Görlitz district and in 1952 of the Görlitz district . Friedersdorf lost its independence in 1994 when it was incorporated into Markersdorf. The district of Görlitz became part of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District in 1994 , which became part of the new district of Görlitz on August 1, 2008 as a result of the Saxony district reform in 2008 .
Christian Gottlieb Julius Knothe: Description and history of Friedersdorf at the Landeskrone with reference to neighboring villages . Heinze, Görlitz 1856 ( digitized version )