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 | |
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Location of Weißenberg/Wóspork within Bautzen district ![]() | |
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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 |
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.
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.
There are two schools in Weißenberg; a 'Grundschule' and a 'Mittelschule'.
In James P. Hogan's science fiction novel The Proteus Operation, Weißenberg was the location of a time machine in Nazi Germany.
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