Elstra

Elstra, Upper Sorbian Halštrow, is a country town in Upper Lusatia in Saxony in the district of Bautzen. The city's name is derived from the Schwarze Elster, which rises south of the city, near the village of Childish.

The city proper has only about 2,000 inhabitants and is one of the smallest cities in Germany. By incorporation of the neighboring villages in recent times, the population is approximately 2900 ( 2010).

4.1 Attractions
4.2 Sport

5.1 traffic
5.2 Economics
5.3 Formation

Geography

Geographical Location

Elstra located about 50 km north-east of Dresden in West Lusatian hills at the eastern foot of up to 448 m ( Hochstein ) high mountain range.

Boroughs

Elstra is divided into 13 districts ( Sorbian place name in brackets, numbers of inhabitants from 1 June 2010):

Boderitz ( Bódricy ), 51 residents
Dobrig ( Dobrik ), 62 Ew.
Elstra ( Halštrow ), 1378 Ew.
Gödlau ( Jědlow ), 105 Ew.
Childish ( Kinc ), 208 Ew.
Kriepitz ( Krěpjecy ), 227 Ew.
Ram ( Wóslin ), 36 Ew.

Prietitz ( Protecy ), 311 Ew.
Rauschwitz ( Rusica ), 315 Ew.
Rehnsdorf ( Hrančík ), 51 Ew.
Talpenberg, 73 Ew.
Welka ( Wjelkow ), 26 Ew.
Wohla ( Walow ), 55 Ew.

The formerly independent municipalities Rauschwitz ( with the districts Gödlau and Childish ) and Prietitz were incorporated in local government reform in 1994 after Elstra. The district is one of the only Kriepitz the official settlement area of the Sorbs.

History

In 1248 Elstra was first documented in 1383 got the place the town charter.

Policy

Elstra maintains a twinning with the Czech town Rtyně v Podkrkonoší.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Listed Old Town
Large historic marketplace with replica of the Saxon postal distance column of 1725 (Original coat of arms in the town hall ) and ancient Linde
Baroque St. Michaelis Church with Abraham Straw Bach organ of 1755
Castle with garden ( privately owned but accessible )
Prietitzer ski jump (about 4000 year old Bronze Age hillfort conditioning / refuge in OT Prietitz )
Picturesque wooded landscape ( Black Mountain (413 meters), NSG Hochstein ( 448 meters), etc.)

Sports

At Black Mountain is a ski downhill course with ski lift.
Sports center with gym Elstra, bowling, artificial turf, etc.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Elstra is about 5 km from the junction Burkau Dresden- Görlitz to the A 4. There is a bus service from Hoyerswerda Kamenz after Elstra and on to Bischofswerda. The train station of Elstra was on the railway line Bischofswerda -Kamenz and since 1968, without passengers, in 1994 the last freight train ran in 1998, the line was finally closed down. Dresden Airport is accessible via the A4 motorway in about 30 minutes. The airfield Kamenz is about 10 km from Elstra and offers scenic flights over the Upper Lusatia to.

Economy

Various trades, service companies and small craft featuring the city's economy. These are the numerous pottery companies, which have a long tradition. In several incorporated municipalities also much farming is done. Mining was and is powered by the breakdown of granite. The Elstraer industrial area in the district Rauschwitz is close to the A4 motorway exit Burkau.

Education

The city Elstra has a primary and a secondary school.

Personalities

Heinrich Friedrich Gretschel (1830-1892), mathematician ( born in the district Prietitz )
Ernst Hager (1847-1895), philologist, born in Elstra ( called on the dissertation Elstrano - Lusaticus )
Georg Derlitzki (1889-1958), important agricultural scientists, business administration and labor economist by profession ban by the Nazis established in the district Childish, buried in Elstra
Otto Garden (1902-2000), painter, born in Elstra

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