Görlitz (district)

The district Görlitz ( Upper Sorbian Wokrjes Zhorjelc ) is the easternmost district of Saxony and Germany. Large district towns are next to the county seat Görlitz ( from north to south ) White water Niesky, Lobau and Zittau. The district lies in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia and is a member of the euro region Neisse.

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 schools 4.2.1 universities

Geography

At the district Görlitz, the Saxon district of Bautzen in the West, the Brandenburg Spree-Neisse district in the north, the Polish counties Zary limits ( Lubusz Voivodeship ) and Zgorzelec ( Lower Silesia Province) in the east and the Czech regions Liberec and Ústí in the south.

The northernmost point of the county and at the same time East Saxony is located in Köbeln at 51 ° 35 ' 47 " north latitude, the southernmost in Lückendorf at 50 ° 49 ' 8". Through the county town of Görlitz runs the 15th meridian, the easternmost point of the circle and land at the same time in Germany is located a few kilometers to the north in the town of Neißeaue between the hamlets Deschka and village center at 15 ° 02 ' 37 " east longitude. The most westerly mainland point of the circle are in the north in Mulkwitz at 14 ° 26 ' 27 ", the westernmost point of the southern district of the area lies in OppachEquipment at 14 ° 28' 28".

The district of Görlitz in Saxony, the county with the largest north-south extension and also changes its appearance mainly along this axis. The frequently in the Sorbian settlement area is still recognizable in the village in the north of the county of settlement of Slavic the winder gives way gradually towards the south of the long-drawn Waldhufen village. In the more densely populated south Umgebindehäuser are still common.

In the north of the county is relatively flat (98 m above sea level. NN in Neißetal of Köbeln at Bad Muskau on the southern edge of Cottbus Sandplatte ) and Muskauer Heath and wooded Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond area is the Lusatian lignite mining area, dominated. To the south, the landscape is constantly increasing and goes to the Oberlausitzer climes, the Eastern Upper Lusatia ( with the Lusatian mining district ) and the Lusatian mountainous country. Of the Königshainer mountains with elevations Hochstein (406 m) and fighters mountains (415 m ) is free of view almost to the northern county boundary. To the south, the Lusatian mountains adjusted with striking mountains like Seidel mountain ( 424 m), the country's Crown (420 m), the Rotstein ( 455 m ) and the Kottmar ( 583 m ), on which is also a means of Spree sources, the view of the even higher mountains of the Zittau Mountains, whose highest mountain ( 749 m) are on the circle area, the Listen ( 793 m ) and the high forest.

In addition to the Lusatian Neisse river in the east and the River Spree in the West Mandau, the Löbauer water and the White and the Black Schoeps run through the county. With the Bärwalder lake, the dam and the Quitzdorf Berzdorfer lake located in the district of Görlitz some of the largest state waters in Saxony.

See also: List of landscapes in Saxony, natural areas in Saxony, List of waters in Saxony

History

The district Görlitz was founded during the Saxon district reform on 1 August 2008, when the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia ( NOL ), the district-free city of Görlitz and the county Lobau -Zittau were merged. This in turn originated in the Saxon district reform in the years 1994/1996 largely from existing since the administrative reform of 1952 circles white water, Niesky, Görlitz country, Lobau, Zittau ( from north to south ) as well as the urban district of Görlitz. The northern part of the county also has a Silesian past because he and 1945 ( the villages around Uhyst until 1825) was from 1816 to the Prussian province of Silesia, respectively, while their division of the province of Lower Silesia. Just west of the Neisse -lying parts of the districts of Rothenburg (Colonel louse. ) And Görlitz covered essentially that part of the county area, while the southern district area was largely covered by the Saxon Office Bezirkshauptmannschaften Lobau and Zittau.

The county council of the county Lobau -Zittau rejected the merger with the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia (including Görlitz ) from an early stage and confessed to a merger of the counties Lobau -Zittau and Bautzen, since a large part of the population preferred this variant. This was not acceptable the proposed variant of the Interior Ministry of the Free State of Saxony and had so little chance for implementation.

On 4 April 2008 the Görlitz Mayor Joachim Paulick and district administrators signed Günter Vallentin (District of Lobau -Zittau ) and Bernd Lange ( NOL ) the dispute agreement. Similarly, the public legal contract between the two counties was decided.

As part of the reform, the cities Görlitz and Niesky the title large district received in 2008. Lobau, white water and Zittau had this already possesses, so that all towns in the district of Görlitz, who were county seats since 1952, carry this item.

On 25 May 2009, the county received the loaned by the federal government entitled " City of Diversity".

In 2013, the modernized district office building at Bahnhofstrasse 24 could be obtained in the south of the city of Görlitz. Until its completion, the District Office from 2008 to 2013 was housed in the Jägerkaserne. Branch offices, which perform certain tasks, is available in white water, Niesky, Görlitz, Zittau and Lobau.

Policy

District

For District Bernd Lange was elected in June 2008, which was already 2001-2008 District in Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia. In the election on June 8, he went up against seven other candidates and received 42.8 % of votes. He had indeed a relative majority, but missed the absolute. At the election on 22 June handed a simple majority, he received 57.6 % of the votes, thus reaching against the three being beaten competitors an absolute majority. Due to a long election challenges could take up his post as district later.

The term of office is seven years, re-election is possible.

Council

The council of the district of Görlitz is elected for 6 years. It consists of 92 members and the district administration as chairman. According to the choice of 8 June 2008, the seats are distributed as follows:

Coat of arms

Blazon: " divided by a silver thread of blue and red; front golden plate, wherein a red reinforced and gezungter black eagle with silver chest Moon, whose cavity is filled with a cross, behind a rising doppelschwänziger golden crowned, reinforced and gezungter silver lion; below, both fields overlapping, continuous and down adjoining dreigezinnte black grooved golden wall covered with a green three-leaf linden branch. "

The draft of the new coat of arms of the district of Görlitz comes from Magdeburg heraldist Jörg Mantzsch. It includes the Lower Silesian eagle and the Bohemian lion on the Oberlausitzer battlements. This is evidenced by the Sorbian lime leaf.

On 28 January 2009, the vote was to take place in the council, it voted 61 district councils in favor and 21 against. The crest design was submitted to the Saxon State Archives for review. After a positive decision, the coat of arms was approved on 21 April 2009 by the State Directorate Dresden and since service of the document official emblem of the district.

Partnerships

The district Lobau -Zittau (respectively its existing until 1994 predecessor circles Lobau and Zittau ) maintained since 1990 a partnership of the Neckar -Odenwald district, in Baden -Württemberg. A year later, the district of Göppingen. In 2000, we entered into a partnership with the Polish district Luban.

Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia maintained partnerships with the Bavarian districts of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and Schwandorf, the Polish district Zary and the Czech district Semily.

The district Görlitz has taken over the existing partnerships of his predecessors. Since 2008, the county seeks a partnership with the Ukrainian Rajon Vyshhorod whose largest city Vyshhorod has about 27000 inhabitants.

Infrastructure

Traffic

From Bautzen Coming from the motorway leads 4 ( European route 40) in an easterly direction through the county to Görlitz. From Görlitz from the A4 crosses the German -Polish boundary to Zgorzelec, where it connects to the Polish Autostrada A4. Furthermore, some major roads of varying quality lead mostly by the more populated southern district area. These are the B 6, B 96, B 98, B 99, B 115 and B 178 North of the A 4 run most of the B 115 and B 156; is also planned with the B 160 is a completely new building in the northern part of the county.

See also: List of roads in Saxony

Important railway lines are the routes Cottbus- Görlitz, Görlitz -Zittau, Dresden - Görlitz, Zittau - Lobau -Dresden, Węgliniec - Horka - Hoyerswerda and Zittau - Liberec. In addition, there are two narrow gauge railways, narrow gauge train Zittau -resort Oybin / Jonsdorf and used as a museum railway Muskau Forest Railway.

There is a regional airport in Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia as well as a slightly smaller in Görlitz. The nearest airports are located in Dresden and Wroclaw.

Train

High schools are located in White Water, Niesky, Görlitz (two), Lobau, Herrnhut, Ebersbach- Neugersdorf, Zittau and Seifhennersdorf.

See also: List of secondary schools in the district Görlitz

Universities

• Zittau / Görlitz ( Fachhochschule )
• Neisse University ( Higher Education Cooperation in the Euro region Neisse )
• International Graduate School Zittau ( University institution of Saxony )
• University of the Saxon Police ( FH) in Rothenburg / OL

Environment

The district Görlitz has 22 nature reserves ( NSG) occupy a total area of ​​3224 ha (about 1.54% of the district area). By far the largest area of ​​NSG NSG is the " low- Spreer pond area " with about 1550 ha in the district Görlitz located further 280 natural monuments and 170 surface natural monuments ( FND). The FND are a total of approximately 315 ha ( approximately 0.15 % of the total county area) in size. The 17 landscape protection areas ( LSG ) in the district of Görlitz have a size of about 31 887 ha ( 15.2 % of the county area). The LSG " Dam Quitzdorf and Kollmer heights ", " Königshainer mountains" and " Zittau Mountains " thereby reach area sizes of more than 5000 ha Furthermore is the Natural Park Zittau Mountains in the county.

In the district there are the following 27 nature trails: Nature Trail Old grinder pond area with Borstelweg, nature trail landscape history Kreba -Neudorf, Eagle trail, nature trail at forest school home Stannewisch, water trail Horka - Biehain, woody trail United Saubernitz, granite mining trail Königshainer mountains, nature trail country Gorlitz, nature trail Berzdorfer Halden, Nature trail Berzdorf, Walderlebnispfad Ostritz, nature trail at Rotstein, Great Nature Trail »Around Lobau ," local history trail Löbauer mountain, Oppacher wells path " on the tracks of Pegasus ," nature trail Obercunnersdorf, Zinzendorf trail Herrnhut, forest trail and Karasek Ringweg, nature trail students bush, mining trail Olbersdorfer lake, forest trail » Old Leipaer street," Cross-border trail » Lusatian and Zittau Mountains ' Nature Trail » Around Walter village " with Lauschemoor, nature trail Jonsdorfer millstone quarries, nature trail » maple dwarf and Hochwald little man, " fruit Trees trail Grossschönau and natural and cultural heritage trail Bert village Hornitz.

Cities and Towns

( Population figures from December 31, 2012 official Sorbian community names in italics )

Cities

Management communities and local government associations

• Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Muskau with the member municipalities Bad Muskau and Gablenzgasse
• Administration Community Bern City / Schönau- Berzdorf with the member communities Bernstadt on the self and Schönau - Berzdorf on the Principal
• Management Association Diehsa with the member communities Hohendubrau, Mücka, Quitzdorf am See and Waldhufen (VV - seat)
• Administration Community Grossschönau - Hainewalde with the member communities Grossschönau and Hainewalde
• Administration Community Lobau with the member communities Großschweidnitz, Lawalde, Lobau and Rosenbach
• Administration Community Spremberg with the member communities Dürrhennersdorf, Spremberg and Schönenbach
• Administration Community Olbersdorf with the member communities Bert Village Hoernitz, Jonsdorf, Olbersdorf and Oybin
• Administration Community OppachEquipment - Beiersdorf with the member communities Beiersdorf and OppachEquipment (VG - seat)
• Administration Community Reichenbach / Upper Lusatia with the member communities Königshain, Reichenbach / Upper Lusatia and four churches
• Administration Community Rietschen with the member communities Kreba -Neudorf and Rietschen
• Administration Community Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia with the member communities Hähnichen and Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia
• Community management loop with the member municipalities United Duben, loop and Trebendorf
• Management Association White Schoeps / Neisse with the member communities Horka, Kodersdorf (VV - seat), Neißeaue and Schöpstal
• Verwaltungsgemeinschaft White Water / Upper Lusatia with the member communities Weißkeißel and White Water / Upper Lusatia

Communities