Neukirch/Lausitz
Sign in to saveNeukirch/Lausitz (German, ) or Wjazońca (Upper Sorbian, ) is a municipality in Upper Lusatia in the district of Bautzen, in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany. It belongs to the district of Bautzen and is situated in several valleys of the mountain region Lausitzer Bergland, near the hill "Valtenberg" that reaches about 587 metres. It has about 5,066 inhabitants (December 2015) in an area of 21.32 km², a population density of 240 per km². The German name Lausitz means Lusatia.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Neukirch/Lausitz Wjazońca
- German location.type
- Town
- German location.image_photo
- Neukirch valtenberg.jpg
- German location.image_plan
- Neukirch-Lausitz in BZ.svg
- German location.state
- Saxony
- German location.district
- Bautzen
- German location.elevation
- 325
- German location.area
- 21.3
- German location.postal_code
- 01904
- German location.area_code
- 035951
- German location.licence
- BZ, BIW, HY, KM
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14625380
- German location.website
- www.neukirch-lausitz.de
- German location.mayor
- Jens Zeiler
- German location.leader_term
- 2022–29
- German location.party
- CDU
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Bautzen District
- Population
- 4756
- Area
- 21.32
- Elevation
- 317
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.neukirch-lausitz.de
- Image
- Neukirch-Rathaus-2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 035951
- Licence plate code
- BZ
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- twinned administrative body
- Bönnigheim
- Commons category
- Neukirch/Lausitz
- postal code
- 01904
- different from
- Neukirch
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Geography and history
- References
Neukirch/Lausitz (German, ) or Wjazońca (Upper Sorbian, ) is a municipality in Upper Lusatia in the district of Bautzen, in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany. It belongs to the district of Bautzen and is situated in several valleys of the mountain region Lausitzer Bergland, near the hill "Valtenberg" that reaches about 587 metres. It has about 5,066 inhabitants (December 2015) in an area of 21.32 km², a population density of 240 per km². The German name Lausitz means Lusatia.
== Geography and history == At the Valtenberg there is the source of the river Wesenitz. Nearby communities are Doberschau-Gaußig, Wilthen, Steinigtwolmsdorf and Schmölln-Putzkau in the district of Bautzen and Hohwald in the district of Saxon Switzerland The distance to the biggest towns of the region is 15 km to Bautzen and 12 km to the city of Bischofswerda.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neukirch/Lausitz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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