Malschwitz (
German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
) or Malešecy (
Upper Sorbian
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) is a municipality in the east of
Saxony
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,
Germany
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. It belongs to the
district of Bautzen and lies 6 km northeast of the
eponymous city.
The municipality is part of the recognized
Sorbian settlement area
The Sorbian settlement area ( , , ; in Brandenburg officially ''Siedlungsgebiet der Sorben/Wenden'') commonly makes reference to the area in the east of Saxony and the South of Brandenburg in which the West Slavs, West Slavic people of the Sorbs ...
in Saxony.
Upper Sorbian
Upper Sorbian (), occasionally referred to as Wendish (), is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony, Germany. It is a West Slavic language, along with Lower Sorbian, Czech, Poli ...
has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.
Geography
The municipality is situated in the flatland in the
Upper Lusatian plain, south of the so-called
Lusatian Lake District
The Lusatian Lake District (, , ) is a chain of artificial lakes under construction in Germany across the north-eastern part of Saxony and the southern part of Brandenburg. Through flooding as a part of an extensive regeneration programme, sever ...
. The villages of Halbendorf, Lömischau, Lieske and Neudorf lie along the river
Spree
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.
Several villages belong to the municipality; names given in
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
and
Upper Sorbian
Upper Sorbian (), occasionally referred to as Wendish (), is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony, Germany. It is a West Slavic language, along with Lower Sorbian, Czech, Poli ...
:
Publications
* Trudla Malinkowa/Weldon Mersiovsky (ed.): ''Malschwitz. Malešecy. A Wendish Village in Lusatia.'' Serbin 2018,
References
External links
Populated places in Bautzen (district)
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