Hochkirch
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Hochkirch (German) or Bukecy (Upper Sorbian, ) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany. It is known for the 1758 Battle of Hochkirch, part of the Seven Years' War.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Hochkirch/Bukecy
- German location.image_photo
- Kirche Hochkirch.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Hochkirch (Sachsen).svg
- German location.image_caption
- Parish church
- German location.image_plan
- Hochkirch in BZ.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Bautzen
- German location.elevation
- 290
- German location.area
- 41.73
- German location.postal_code
- 02627
- German location.area_code
- 035939
- German location.licence
- BZ, BIW, HY, KM
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14625230
- German location.divisions
- 18
- German location.website
- www.hochkirch.de
- German location.mayor
- Thomas Meltke
- German location.leader_term
- 2022–29
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Sorbian settlement area
- Demonym
- Bukečenjo
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Bautzen District
- Population
- 2225
- Area
- 41.75
- Elevation
- 243
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Cunewalde
- Official website
- www.hochkirch.de
- Image
- Kirche Hochkirch.jpg
- Dialing code
- 035939
- Licence plate code
- BZ
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- Commons category
- Hochkirch/Bukecy
- topic's main category
- Category:Hochkirch/Bukecy
- postal code
- 02627
- short name
- Hk
- native label
- Hochkirch
- hashtag
- Hochkirch
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- History
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- Notable people
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Hochkirch (German) or Bukecy (Upper Sorbian, ) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany. It is known for the 1758 Battle of Hochkirch, part of the Seven Years' War.
The municipality (except Breitendorf) is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hochkirch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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