Schmerlitz
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Schmerlitz
Smjerdźaca Community Ralbitz-Rosenthal
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 7 ″ N , 14 ° 12 ′ 55 ″ E
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| Height : | 142 m above sea level NN |
| Residents : | 179 (December 31, 2016) |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 |
| Incorporated into: | Rosenthal |
| Postal code : | 01920 |
| Area code : | 035796 |
Schmerlitz , in Upper Sorbian , is a place in the center of the Bautzen district in East Saxony and has been part of the Ralbitz-Rosenthal community since 1994 . The place is located in Upper Lusatia and is part of the core settlement area of the Sorbs . The majority of the inhabitants speak Sorbian as their mother tongue.
The place name is derived from the Sorbian smjerdźata ("stinking") and probably refers to the (former) location of the place in a swampy brook valley and the corresponding smell.
geography
The place is about nine kilometers northeast of Kamenz and 20 kilometers northwest of Bautzen on the western edge of the agriculturally used Klosterwasser floodplain and belongs to Delany , the "Netherlands" of the former Marienstern monastery maintenance . Extensive forests extend to the west and north; in the east is the Lasker Auenwald, the last largely natural part of the Klosterwasseraue. The Piskowitz water , a tributary of the monastery water , flows through Schmerlitz .
In terms of settlement history, Schmerlitz is a Rundweiler, which was later expanded mainly in a north-westerly direction. The manor is located in the center of the village. The neighboring towns are Schönau in the north, Laske in the east, Rosenthal in the south, and - separated from Schmerlitz by forests - Piskowitz in the southwest and Döbra in the northwest. The Saxon State Road 92 runs through Schmerlitz .
The hamlet of Neu-Schmerlitz is located in the middle of the forest between Döbra and Schmerlitz .
history
The settlement was first mentioned in 1374 as the seat of a Joris de Smerdacz , although a moated castle already existed before that. The current (German) form of the name has been in use since 1529. Until 1667, the manor was in the parish of Crostwitz at the Räckelwitz manor , in that year a manor was established in Schmerlitz, which took over the manor.
Until January 1, 1974, Schmerlitz was an independent rural community, since 1957 with Laske as a district, then it was first incorporated into Rosenthal and on January 1, 1994 into the new community Ralbitz-Rosenthal.
Population and language
For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Upper Lusatia, Arnošt Muka determined a population of 108 in the 1880s; including without exception Sorbs . In 1956 Ernst Tschernik counted a Sorbian-speaking population of 92.4% in the community of Schmerlitz. To this day, Sorbian is the predominant everyday language in the town.
The population remained largely stable over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries and has fallen from 200 to around 170 after 1990.
The majority of the devout residents are Roman Catholics to Ralbitz , the small Protestant portion belong to the Schmeckwitz parish .
Culture
The Sorbian folk dance group Schmerlitz is known nationwide and is one of the most famous Sorbian ensembles thanks to its performances at festivals in Europe and worldwide.
Infrastructure
The mostly well-developed state road 92 to Bernsdorf runs through Schmerlitz , which is a convenient connection to both Hoyerswerda and the A 13 to Berlin .
Personalities
- Mikławš Bjedrich-Radlubin (1859–1930), folk teller, born in Schmerlitz
literature
- Cornelius Gurlitt : Schmerlitz. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 35. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Kamenz (Land) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1912, p. 317.
swell
- Schmerlitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954.
- ^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 252 .
- ↑ Internet presence of the Schmerlitz dance group
Web links
Cunnewitz (Konjecy) | Border (Hrańca) | Laske (Łazk) | Naußlitz (Nowoslicy) | Neu-Schmerlitz (Nowa Smjerdźaca) | Ralbitz (Ralbicy) | Rosenthal (Róžant) | Schmerlitz (Smjerdźaca) | Schönau (Šunow) | Zerna (Sernjany)