Panschwitz-Kuckau

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Panschwitz-Kuckau
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Panschwitz-Kuckau highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '  N , 14 ° 12'  E

Basic data
State : Saxony
County : Bautzen
Administrative association: At the monastery water
Height : 190 m above sea level NHN
Area : 23.35 km 2
Residents: 2090 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 01920
Area code : 035796
License plate : BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Community key : 14 6 25 440
LOCODE : DE PKK
Community structure: 13 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Elstraer Str. 3
01920 Panschwitz-Kuckau
Website : www.panschwitz-kuckau.de
Mayor : Markus Kreuz ( CDU )
Location of the Panschwitz-Kuckau community in the Bautzen district
Tschechien Dresden Landkreis Görlitz Landkreis Meißen Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Arnsdorf Bautzen Bernsdorf Bischofswerda Burkau Crostwitz Cunewalde Demitz-Thumitz Doberschau-Gaußig Elsterheide Elstra Frankenthal (Sachsen) Göda Großdubrau Großharthau Großnaundorf Großpostwitz Großröhrsdorf Malschwitz Haselbachtal Hochkirch Hoyerswerda Kamenz Königsbrück Königswartha Kubschütz Laußnitz Lauta Lichtenberg (Lausitz) Lohsa Malschwitz Nebelschütz Neschwitz Neukirch (bei Königsbrück) Neukirch/Lausitz Obergurig Ohorn Oßling Ottendorf-Okrilla Panschwitz-Kuckau Pulsnitz Puschwitz Radeberg Radibor Räckelwitz Ralbitz-Rosenthal Rammenau Schirgiswalde-Kirschau Schmölln-Putzkau Schwepnitz Sohland an der Spree Spreetal Steina (Sachsen) Steinigtwolmsdorf Wachau (Sachsen) Weißenberg Wilthen Wittichenau Brandenburg Polenmap
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Panschwitz-Kuckau , Upper Sorbian Pančicy-Kukow ? / i , is a municipality in Upper Lusatia in the Saxon district of Bautzen . The municipality in the Sorbian settlement area is about 12 km from the city of Kamenz . It has 2200 inhabitants, about half of whom live in Panschwitz-Kuckau itself. In 2001, 50.7% of the population of Sorbian were powerful. Audio file / audio sample

District of Kuckau with St. Marienstern Monastery
Panschwitz-Kuckau from Ostro

geography

The place is between 165 and 185 meters above sea level. NN in the so-called " Oberland " ( Horjany ) of the former monastery care St. Marienstern. The monastery water , a tributary of the Black Elster, flows through Panschwitz-Kuckau . It separates the historic districts of Panschwitz and Kuckau.

Local division

Panschwitz-Kuckau emerged in 1957 from the previously independent towns of Panschwitz and Kuckau. It has the following districts:

  • Old brick barn ( Stara Cyhelnica ), 50 inhabitants
  • Cannewitz ( Kanecy ), 59 inhabitants
  • Glaubnitz ( Hłupońca ), 25 residents
  • Jauer ( Jawora ), 130 inhabitants
  • Kaschwitz ( Kašecy ), 105 inhabitants
  • Lehndorf ( Lejno ), 107 inhabitants
  • Neustädtel ( Nowe Městačko ), 10 residents
  • Ostro ( Wotrow ), 278 inhabitants
  • Panschwitz-Kuckau ( Pančicy-Kukow ), 1,102 inhabitants
  • Säuritz ( Žuricy ), 101 inhabitants
  • Pig earth ( Swinjarnja ), 72 inhabitants
  • Siebitz ( Zejicy ), 34 residents
  • Tschaschwitz ( Časecy ), 29 inhabitants

Population and language

According to the 2011 census, 1,662 out of 2,141 inhabitants were Roman Catholic (77.6%), 201 were Protestant (9.4%) and 278 belonged to another religious community or no religious community (13%).

For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Upper Lusatia, Arnošt Muka determined a population of 163 for Panschwitz and 345 for Kuckau in the 1880s. The Sorbian population was 82 and 97%, respectively. In 1956 Ernst Tschernik counted a Sorbian-speaking population of 85 in the municipality of Panschwitz and of 84.8% in Kuckau (with pork earth).

politics

The Panschwitz-Kuckau municipal council currently consists of twelve members. The 2019 local elections resulted in the following distribution of votes and seats:

Parties and constituencies 2019 2014 2009
% Seats % Seats % Seats
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) 54.9 7th 53.5 7th 48.9 5
Free Sorbian Voter Association (FSWV) 45.1 5 46.5 5 51.1 7th
total 100.0 12 100.0 12 100.0 12
voter turnout 73.3% 61.2% 56.6%

A community merger with neighboring Crostwitz , which was aimed for on July 1, 2011, failed due to differences of opinion among the community councils. a. Concerning the language of the Council.

Culture and sights

The St. Marienstern Monastery

The place is characterized by the Cistercian convent St. Marienstern , which has existed in its original purpose since it was founded in 1248 . Every year at Easter, Panschwitz-Kuckau also attracts thousands of visitors when the traditional Easter riders ride around the monastery courtyard. Everywhere in the village and on the paths in the surrounding landscape, crosses and prayer columns testify to the deeply rooted Catholic faith in this part of the Sorbian Upper Lusatia.

In the district of Ostro there is a very well-preserved castle rampart (the "Ostroer Schanze"), which served as a refuge for the Slavic village population at the time of the German East Settlement . The district of Schweinerden, u. a. with a large former post office from the 18th century on the Via Regia , is completely under monument protection . The round , which was originally typical for this area , is particularly well preserved here.

The cycle path “In the footsteps of Krabat” runs through Panschwitz-Kuckau on the way from Nebelschütz to Crostwitz . The revived Ecumenical Pilgrimage Route also leads through the village on the route from Görlitz to Vacha . There is a pilgrims' hostel in the monastery .

The cultural monuments are listed in the list of cultural monuments in Panschwitz-Kuckau .

education

The municipality has the Sorbian primary school "Šula Ćišinskeho". The neighboring middle school was closed in 2007 as one of five remaining Sorbian middle schools despite violent protests. There is a small special needs school (G) on the monastery grounds.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Panschwitz-Kuckau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Walde, Martin: Demographic-statistical considerations in the community association "Am Klosterwasser" in: Lětopis 51 (2004), issue 1
  3. ↑ As of December 31, 2016; Information from am-klosterwasser.de
  4. ↑ census database on zensus2011.de
  5. ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, p. 99 .
  6. ^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 251 .
  7. ↑ https://www.saechsische.de/wahlen/kommunalwahl-2019/panschwitz-kuckau-14625440
  8. ↑ Ecumenical pilgrimage