Wittichenau

Wittichenau/Kulow

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Wittichenau/Kulow

Coordinates: 51°23′N 14°15′E / 51.383°N 14.250°E / 51.383; 14.250Coordinates: 51°23′N 14°15′E / 51.383°N 14.250°E / 51.383; 14.250
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Bautzen
Government
  Mayor Udo Popella (CDU)
Area
  Total 62.24 km2 (24.03 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 5,800
  Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 02997
Dialling codes 035725
Vehicle registration BZ
Website www.wittichenau.de/stadt

Wittichenau (Sorbian Kulow) is a bilingual town in the district of Bautzen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 6 km south of Hoyerswerda.

This small municipality is situated in the heart of bilingual Lusatia region which was for long centuries part of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, Slavic Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak German.

Sons and daughters of the town

More information about these people can be found in the German Wikipedia.

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