The Upper Lusatian Gefilde ( or sometimes ''Bautzener Gefilde'',

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 ...

: ''Hornjołužiska pahórčina'') is a natural region in Saxony near the German

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with the

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and

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. It is considered part of the

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and the Western Sudetes range. ''Gefilde'' is German for "fields"Worsch, Wolfgang (2004). ''Langenscheidt Muret-Sanders Großwörterbuch, Teil II, Deutsch-Englisch '', Langenscheidt KG, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, New York. . or "country".

References

Literature

* Karl Mannsfeld, Hans Richter (ed.): ''Naturräume in Sachsen.'' Trier, 1995. * Rochus Schrammek: ''Verkehrs- und Baugeschichte der Stadt Bautzen.'' Bautzen, 1984.

External links

Regional grouping, sub-grouping and overview map
as part of the planning region of Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia, retrieved 11 March 2012 Natural regions of Saxony Upper Lusatia {{Saxony-geo-stub