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Also known as Chrósćicy

Crostwitz or Chrósćicy (Upper Sorbian, ) is a village and municipality in the center of the German district of Bautzen in Saxony. It is located in Upper Lusatia and is one of the centres of the Sorbian settlement area in Saxony.

Key facts

German location.name
Crostwitz/Chrósćicy
German location.image_photo
Chrósćicy – napohlad z wuchoda.jpg
German location.image_caption
Crostwitz seen from the west
German location.image_coa
Crostwitz-wappen.png
German location.image_plan
Crostwitz in BZ.svg
German location.state
Sachsen
German location.district
Bautzen
German location.Verwaltungsverband
Am Klosterwasser
German location.elevation
170
German location.area
13.32
German location.postal_code
01920
German location.area_code
035796
German location.licence
BZ, BIW, HY, KM
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
14625080
German location.divisions
6
German location.website
www.crostwitz.de
German location.mayor
Marko Klimann
German location.leader_term
2022–29

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Geography
  • History
  • Population
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Crostwitz or Chrósćicy (Upper Sorbian, ) is a village and municipality in the center of the German district of Bautzen in Saxony. It is located in Upper Lusatia and is one of the centres of the Sorbian settlement area in Saxony.

== Geography == The village of Crostwitz is situated at between 160 up to 180 metres above sea level on both sides of Satkula brook, which flows into the Klosterwasser not far from the place. The eastern part of the settlement is dominated by the ''Church's hill, which is bordered by the brook in the south and the west. The larger part of Crostwitz stretches at the west side of Satkula, direction Panschwitz-Kuckau.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crostwitz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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