Sorbian People's Assembly
The Sorbian National Assembly ( Upper Sorbian Serbska ludowa zhromadźizna , Lower Sorbian Serbska ludowa zgromaźina ) was a reformist civil rights movement during the turning point , of Sorbs was born.
history
In autumn 1989, the Sorbs met for the first time with the idea of founding a group that would articulate the interests and demands of the Sorbian people during the time of upheaval. The first meeting took place on November 11, 1989. By mid-1991, the members of the assembly went public.
The Sorbian People's Assembly saw itself as an opposition movement to the state and SED- affiliated Domowina and not directly as a competitor to it. It was their concern to bring about a new program as well as a personnel and structural change within the Domowina.
Further demands were u. a. the territorial restructuring of the administrative borders of Lusatia .
The SIA actors included Jan Nuk , Ludmila Budar , Benedikt Dyrlich and Jan Mahling .
Sorbian round table
The Sorbian Round Table ( Upper Sorbian Serbske kulojte blido , Lower Sorbian Serbske kulowate blido ) was a regular meeting that was largely initiated by the Sorbian People's Assembly.
The first meeting was on December 19, 1989 and brought the Domowina, the Sorbian People's Assembly, the Cyrill Methodius Association and the editors of the Sorbian daily Nowa Doba to one table and tried to make common demands.
The main concern was - as requested by the Sorbian People's Assembly - a reorganization of Lusatia, whereby several options were discussed, including: a. an autonomous Sorbian-Lusatian area (Serbska Łužica - Sorbian Lusatia) within the FRG or the annexation of the entire Lusatia region to Saxony. In addition, Sorbian was to become the region's second official language. However, both demands were not implemented.
From January 3, 1990, the Sorbian Round Table had observer status at the Round Table of the GDR .