Niesky

Niesky (; ; ; ) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 9,200 (2020) and is part of the district of Görlitz.

Key facts

German location.name: Niesky
German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Zinzendorfplatz.jpg
German location.image_caption: Zinzendorf Square with Moravian Church
German location.image_flag: Niesky Flagge.svg
German location.image_coa: Wappen Niesky (Sachsen).svg
German location.image_plan: Niesky in GR.svg
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Görlitz
German location.elevation: 172
German location.area: 53.81
German location.postal_code: 02906
German location.area_code: 03588
German location.licence: GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14626370
German location.website: www.niesky.de
German location.mayor: Kathrin Uhlemann
German location.leader_term: 2021–28

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Niesky (; ; ; ) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 9,200 (2020) and is part of the district of Görlitz.

Historically considered part of Upper Lusatia, it was also part of Lower Silesia from 1815 to 1945.

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