Laucha (Löbau)

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Laucha
City of Löbau
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 20 ″  N , 14 ° 39 ′ 13 ″  E
Incorporation : April 1, 1938
Incorporated into: Kittlitz
Postal code : 02708
Area code : 03585
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Location of Laucha in the area of ​​the city of Löbau

Laucha ( Upper Sorbian Luchow ) is a district of the Saxon major district town of Löbau in the district of Görlitz .

geography

The settlement, which consists of two hamlets , is located at the southern foot of the 320.8 m high Schafberg , with the upper village 24 meters higher than the Niederdorf. The road from Nechen to Kittlitz leads through the upper village . The Bautzen -Löbau railway line runs south of the Niederdorf .

history

The Weichbilddorf “Luchowe” was placed under the jurisdiction of the Council of Löbau in 1306 by the Margraves of Brandenburg . In 1491 there was a mention of a feudal man of "Lawchow" who was liable to pay interest to the gentlemen on Kittlitz. Its seat is said to have been a moated castle , which was presumably located in the wet meadows north of the Vorwerk . The tower hill with a diameter of 20 meters, which is surrounded by a ditch, was removed when the Vorwerk was torn down. A protracted legal battle dragged on between the Kittlitz manor and the Löbauer council over the property. The church was always Kittlitz. On April 1, 1938, it was incorporated into Kittlitz. Up until 1945 there was a horse breeding facility in the Vorwerk. This was given up after the end of the war and the Volksgut Löbau had the Vorwerk demolished. On January 1, 2003, Laucha was incorporated into Löbau together with Kittlitz.

In Laucha there is an approximately 150-year-old beech in a front garden.

Population and language

Until the late 19th century, Laucha was mostly Sorbian-speaking. For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Upper Lusatia, Arnošt Muka determined a population of 105 inhabitants in 1884/85; 75 of them were Sorbs (71%) and 30 Germans. Laucha was then in the extreme south-eastern corner of the Sorbian majority area. The Löbauer dialect of Upper Sorbian, now extinct, was spoken in the village . The language change to German took place in the village at the beginning of the 20th century. Today the Sorbian has disappeared from everyday life.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
  2. ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954.

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