Wartha (Königswartha)
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Wartha
Stróža Königswartha parish
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 1 ″ N , 14 ° 19 ′ 34 ″ E
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| Height : | 132 m above sea level NHN |
| Residents : | 371 (December 31, 2016) |
| Incorporation : | October 1, 1995 |
| Incorporated into: | Knappensee |
| Postal code : | 02699 |
| Area code : | 035726 |
Wartha , Stróža in Upper Sorbian , is a village in the north of the Saxon district of Bautzen . It is part of the official Sorbian settlement area in Upper Lusatia and has belonged to Königswartha since the municipality of Knappensee was dissolved in January 2005 .
Both the German and the Sorbian place names refer to an observation post (control room ) at this point. Stróž is the guardian; stróža the genitive form. The name means “place of the guard”, which fits the location near the former national borders.
geography
The place is located 21 kilometers north of Bautzen and twelve kilometers southeast of Hoyerswerda in the Upper Lusatian heath and pond landscape at 132 m above sea level. NN. The area is flat and is criss-crossed by numerous watercourses. An arm of the black water flows through the place . To the northwest and northeast of Wartha there are several large fish ponds, of which the Obere Buchenteich , the Henzeteich and the Mittelteiche are closest to the town.
Wartha is an extended square village . There is a manor house in the south-western part of the settlement. To the east of the place there are extensive forest areas.
history
Local history
The place was first mentioned in 1374 in connection with a Petir von der Warte. The manor was first mentioned in 1557.
After the Congress of Vienna , the Prussian - Saxon border ran from 1815 to 1945 directly at the Warthaer Gut at the south-western end of the village, whereby the place itself belonged to Prussia.
Up until September 30, 1995, Wartha was an independent rural community. Then it was merged with Groß Särchen and Koblenz to form the municipality of Knappensee . This was dissolved on January 1, 2005. Wartha came to Königswartha and at the same time from the district of Kamenz to the district of Bautzen, the other two districts to Lohsa .
population
The last population data for the independent municipality of Wartha indicate 435 inhabitants for 1990. In 1885 the place had 294 inhabitants. Since reunification, the population has fallen by around 14%; the municipality of Königswartha has 375 residents for 2008.
According to the statistics of Arnošt Muka , the place had a total of 306 inhabitants in 1884, 301 of them Sorbs and five Germans. Ernst Tschernik determined a Sorbian-speaking population of 53.1% in 1956. Since then, the use of Sorbian has continued to decline sharply.
religion
Wartha has been parish to Königswartha since the 16th century. The last information on religious affiliation comes from 1925. At that time, 257 of the 296 inhabitants were Evangelical Lutheran (87%).
Economy and Infrastructure
The numerous ponds in the area around Wartha are used for fish farming.
traffic
The federal highway 96 (Bautzen-Hoyerswerda) crosses the place. Local roads connect Wartha with Steinitz (4 km) and Commerau (3 km).
The railway line from Bautzen to Hoyerswerda , opened continuously in 1908 , had a stop between Groß Särchen and Wartha. The last passenger train ran here in 1999; In 2002 the line was closed.
Culture and sights
The cycle path "In the footsteps of Krabat" runs through Wartha.
Personalities
- Paul Wirth (* 1906 in Wartha; † 1946), founder of the Sorbian language geography
Web links
- Wartha in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2005
- ↑ Calculation from data from 1990 and 2008
- ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, p. 94
- ^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz. Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 250
