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Weißenberg (German) or Wóspork (Upper Sorbian) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany. The Upper Lusatian town has approximately 3100 inhabitants and is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony.
Weißenberg/Wóspork | |
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Town | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Weißenberg/Wóspork within Bautzen district  | |
  Weißenberg/Wóspork  Weißenberg/Wóspork | |
| Coordinates: 51°11′49″N 14°39′34″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Bautzen |
| Subdivisions | 15 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–29) | Jürgen Arlt[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50.92 km2 (19.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,067 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 02627 |
| Dialling codes | 035876 |
| Vehicle registration | BZ, BIW, HY, KM |
| Website | www.stadt-weissenberg.de |
Geography
Weißenberg is located 16 km north of Bautzen/Budyšin in the region of Lusatia. The town borders Malschwitz/Malešecy and Hohendubrau in the north, Vierkirchen and Löbau in the south, and Hochkirch and Kubschütz in the west. It also borders the district of Görlitz.
History
Weißenberg was founded in 1228 at the Via Regia by Ottokar I of Bohemia.
Today's district of Wurschen is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, since the Battle of Bautzen (1813) on May 20th and 21st.
In the 18th century, Weißenberg was still mentioned as a largely Sorbian-inhabited market town, with all residents also speaking German. In the 1880s Arnošt Muka determined a population of 1242, including 300 Sorbs (24%). In 1893 the regular Sorbian services in the Weißenberg church were abolished. 1956, Ernst Tschernik counted a Sorbian-speaking population of only 5.8%, a total of 81 speakers. Today, the Sorbian community in Weißenberg is a big minority.
From 1952 to 1990, Weißenberg was part of the Bezirk Dresden of East Germany.
Education
There are two schools in Weißenberg; a 'Grundschule' and a 'Mittelschule'.
Notable people
- Pawoł Nedo (1908–1984), educator and anthropologist Sorbian, Chairman of the Domowina
- Benno von Heynitz (1924–2010), resistance fighter and lawyer, founder of Bautzen Committee e. V. and the Bautzen Memorial
- Wolfgang Beyer, city historian and former director of the outpatient clinic
In fiction
In James P. Hogan's science fiction novel The Proteus Operation, Weißenberg was the location of a time machine in Nazi Germany.
References
- Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
- "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
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На других языках
[de] Weißenberg
Weißenberg, sorbisch Wóspork?/i, ist eine Landstadt im sächsischen Landkreis Bautzen in der Oberlausitz. Die eigentliche Stadt hat etwa 1000 Einwohner, mit den umliegenden Dörfern sind es ungefähr 3200. Weißenberg zählt zum amtlichen sorbischen Siedlungsgebiet.[2]- [en] Weißenberg
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