Nostitz () is a village and a former municipality in the federal state of
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...
in Germany. It was absorbed into the town
Weißenberg
Weißenberg (German language, German) or Wóspork (Upper Sorbian language, Upper Sorbian, ) is a town in the Bautzen (district), district of Bautzen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. The Upper Lusatian town has approximately 3,100 inhabitants and ...
in 1994.
The
Nostitz family
The House of Nostitz () is an old and influential Silesian aristocratic family, whose members occupied many important positions within Holy Roman Empire and later in Austria, Bohemia, Germany and Russia.
History
The family was named after ...
is named after it.
The theologian and author (1724–1773) was born in Nostitz.
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Former municipalities in Saxony
Populated places in Bautzen (district)
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