Tschaschwitz

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Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 51 ″  N , 14 ° 14 ′ 33 ″  E
Height : 203 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 29  (December 31, 2016)
Incorporation : January 1, 1957
Incorporated into: Lehndorf
Postal code : 01920
Area code : 035796
Aerial view
Aerial view

Tschaschwitz , in Upper Sorbian Časecy , is a village in the center of the Bautzen district in Upper Lusatia and has been part of the Panschwitz-Kuckau community since 1974 . Tschaschwitz is located in the Sorbian core settlement area about five kilometers southeast of Panschwitz-Kuckau. Most of the population speaks Sorbian .

The neighboring towns are Lehndorf in the northeast, Auschkowitz in the southeast, Kleinhchenchen in the southwest and Siebitz in the northwest.

history

The Rundweiler was first mentioned in 1264 as a treasure trove . The manorial rule lay with the St. Marienstern Monastery , which meant that Tschaschwitz remained Catholic after the Reformation .

Tschaschwitz was an independent rural community until 1957, then it was incorporated into Lehndorf .

population

According to statistics from Arnošt Muka , 55 of the 57 inhabitants in 1884 (96%) were Sorbs. Ernst Tschernik determined in 1956 that the Sorbian-speaking population was 54.9%.

The predominantly Catholic population has been parish to Crostwitz since ancient times .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. Tschaschwitz 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

Web links

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