Neudorf / Spree

Neudorf / Spree Nowa Wjes / Sprjewja Community Malschwitz Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 57 ″  N , 14 ° 33 ′ 26 ″  E
Height :	140 m
Residents :	146  (December 31, 2016)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1994
Incorporated into:	Guttau
Postal code :	02694
Area code :	035932
Location of Neudorf / Spree Nowa Wjes / Sprjewja ​​in Saxony

Neudorf / Spree , Upper Sorbian Nowa Wjes / Sprjewja ^{? / i} , is a district of the municipality of Malschwitz in the Bautzen district with 146 inhabitants (December 2016). Neudorf is located two kilometers from Halbendorf on the right bank of the Spree and is part of the official Sorbian settlement area in Upper Lusatia .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1545 as Klein Neundorff . Originally, Neudorf and Ruhethal formed a community. In 1957 Lieske (Malschwitz) was incorporated, in 1977 the neighboring Halbendorf / Spree followed . As a result of the municipal reform in 1994, the municipality was incorporated into Guttau together with Kleinsaubernitz . On January 1, 2013, Guttau was incorporated into Malschwitz. There was a school in Neudorf, but the building is now empty and is to be sold.

The majority of the population was Sorbian-speaking until the 20th century . Arnošt Muka had a total of 182 inhabitants in 1884, 172 of them Sorbs (95%). By 1956, the Sorbian-speaking population had fallen to 37%.

Web links

Commons : Neudorf / Spree  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Neudorf / Spree in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sächsische Zeitung: Municipality sells two schools , accessed on April 13, 2020
2. ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954.
3. ^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz. Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 245.