Oberkaina

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City of Bautzen
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 25 ″  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 54 ″  E
Height : 200-225 m
Area : 3.99 km²
Residents : 798  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 200 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 02625
Area code : 03591
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Location of Oberkaina in Bautzen

Oberkaina , Upper Sorbian Hornja Kina ? / i , is a village in Upper Lusatia and has been part of Bautzen since January 1st, 1974 . It is located in the south of the urban area at 210 m above sea level. NN at the federal highway 96 . The village includes the village of Oberkaina and Boblitz ( Bobolcy ) , which was incorporated on July 1, 1934 . Together they have about 850 inhabitants. The residential area east of the B 96 is one of the large home locations in the Bautzen urban area. According to statistics published by the city in December 2007, Oberkaina is the district with the youngest population on average. The average age is 38 years. Audio file / audio sample

The place belongs to the official Sorbian settlement area in East Saxony .

The Boblitz Water, which rises between Boblitz and Ebendörfel and later merges into the Albrechtsbach , flows through the district .

history

The Oberkaina settlement was first mentioned in 1436 as Obir Keyne . The oldest mention of safe Boblitz dates back to 1345 - at that time as a manor Boblicz .

Oberkaina was originally a small Sorbian Gutsweiler on the Boblitzer Wasser. The older part of the village is now on Boblitzer Strasse. The current settlement on Neusalzaer Straße was not built until the second half of the 20th century.

Population and language

For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Upper Lusatia, Arnošt Muka determined a population of 89 in the 1880s, including 71 Sorbs (80%) and 18 Germans. In 1956 Ernst Tschernik counted a Sorbian-speaking population of only 4.7% in the municipality of Oberkaina (with Boblitz), including only one young person.

economy

Between the two settlements there is a granite quarry made by Bautzen Granit .

photos

  • Entrance from the direction of Bautzen

  • View over the Oberkaina residential area to Bautzen

Web links

  • Oberkaina in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Oberkaina in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  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 .