Bautzen (district)

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Bautzen

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State:	Saxony
Capital:	Bautzen } } |- | Area:||955 km² |- | Inhabitants:||152.391 population_as_of=31.12.2003 () |- | pop. density:||169 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||BZ |- | Homepage:||http://www.landkreis-bautzen.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Bautzen is a district in Saxony in Germany including the former district of Bischofswerda. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the Czech Republic and the districts of Sächsische Schweiz, Kamenz, Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and Löbau-Zittau. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History Historically most of the Upper Lusatia belonged to Bohemia. After the end of the Thirty Years' War it became a part of Saxony. Only the small town of Schirgiswalde remained Bohemian until 1809. The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Bautzen and Bischofswerda. Geography The district belongs to the region of Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz). The southern border region is occupied by the Lusatian Mountains. The countryside slopes away to the north. The Spree River enters the district from the southeast and runs through Schirgiswalde and Bautzen before leaving to the north. Behind Bautzen the river is dammed by a reservoir (Bautzener Stausee, 5.5 km²). Coat of arms The district's arms are identical to the arms of the margravate of Upper Lusatia. The coat of arms was established about 1350, when six towns of Upper Lusatia founded a confederacy. This loose alliance became a margravate under the Bohemian crown in 1378. Towns and municipalities Towns Municipalities Bautzen Bischofswerda Schirgiswalde Weißenberg Wilthen Burkau Crostau Cunewalde Demitz-Thumitz Doberschau-Gaußig Eulowitz Frankenthal Göda Großdubrau Großharthau Großpostwitz Guttau Hochkirch Kirschau Königswartha Kubschütz Malschwitz Neschwitz Neukirch Obergurig Puschwitz Radibor Rammenau Schmölln-Putzkau Sohland Steinigtwolmsdorf External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany Cities Chemnitz | Dresden | Görlitz | Hoyerswerda | Leipzig | Plauen | Zwickau Rural districts Annaberg | Aue-Schwarzenberg | Bautzen | Chemnitzer Land | Delitzsch | Döbeln | Freiberg | Kamenz | Leipziger Land Löbau-Zittau | Meißen | Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Mittweida | Muldentalkreis | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa-Großenhain | Sächsische Schweiz | Stollberg | Torgau-Oschatz | Vogtlandkreis | Weißeritzkreis | Zwickauer Land   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: