Großpostwitz
Großpostwitz (also Großpostwitz / OL ), Upper Sorbian Budestecy, is a village and the municipality of the same name 6 km southeast of Bautzen in Upper Lusatia in Saxony. It is the seat of the administrative community Großpostwitz - Obergurig.
Geography and transport
Großpostwitz located in the center of the district of Bautzen in a wooded area on the outskirts of Upper Lusatia. The municipality lies on the main road 96 has the Großpostwitz station on a station on the railway line Bautzen- Bad Schandau, the operation was set on the 2004. Through the town flows the river Spree.
The parish is bounded to the north of Bautzen, Kubschütz in the northeast, Cunewalde the southeast, Schirgiswalde - Kirschau in the south and Obergurig in the West.
History
Postwitz was first mentioned in 1331 as Bostewicz documented. The place was probably like many others, from a Slavic settlement. In 1807 is derived from the place name Postwitz the current community name Großpostwitz. In the War of 1813 fought for the place, which is thereby affected.
Even in the second half of the 19th century Großpostwitz was almost completely Sorbian Despite its location on the southern boundary of the Sorbian language. Richard Andree wrote in 1874: "Where so good Slavs have acted as in Postwitz as clergy, as well as the municipality has received quite pure endures, yet she lies on the language border. The post witzer Bauer takes his family ill if they are too brag about the Germans or the same prefer the Wendish "For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Upper Lusatia determined Arnost Muka in the 1880s had a total population of 575 inhabitants.; which were 432 Sorbs ( 75%) and 143 German. Only in the course of the 20th century, the use of Sorbian in Großpostwitz and environment has declined sharply.
On July 1, 1950 Ebendörfel was incorporated into the municipality Großpostwitz. On 1 July 1976, the Association of Municipalities Großpostwitz was formed from the communities Eulowitz, Rodewitz, Obergurig and Großpostwitz. Rodewitz is today a district of Kirschau, Obergurig a separate municipality, has entered into with Großpostwitz administrative matters. On 1 January 1999 Eulowitz was in the church Großpostwitz / OL incorporated, but spun with effect from 1 January 2000 again following the judgment of the Saxon Constitutional Court on 5 November 1999. Finally the town was incorporated again on 1 January 2002, this time legally.
Local structure
The following districts belong to the community Großpostwitz:
- Mountains (Sorbian Zahor ), 73 residents
- Binnewitz ( Bónjecy ), 73 residents
- Cosul ( Kozły ), 139 inhabitants
- Denkwitz ( Dźenikecy ), 51 residents
- Ebendörfel ( Bělšecy ), 229 inhabitants
- Eulowitz ( Jiłocy ), 329 inhabitants
- Großpostwitz ( Budestecy ) with Hainitz ( Hajnicy ), 1836 inhabitants
- Small Kunitz ( Chojnicka ), 29 residents
- Mehltheuer ( Lubjenc ), residents
- Rasha ( Razov ), 74 residents
Policy
Parish council
The local elections of 7 June 2009 resulted in a turnout of 54.0 % ( 3.9 ) to the following result:
Led only the selected lists.
Mayoral election in 2007
In the election on September 30, 2007 Incumbent Frank Lehmann was re-elected with 99.2 % of the vote. The turnout was 48.7 %.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms shows the tower of the Protestant Church and the Spree River, which surrounds the town center with the church in a meander. The blazon for this is: " Divided by silver and green; forward a growing up to the upper plate edge black church tower with two arched windows and a round window; behind a siebenbogiger silver wave beams. "
Attractions
- Evangelical Church (1893 rebuilt in current form ) with about 60 meters high tower
Education
Today Lessing Elementary School opened in the fall of 1929. The new school had become necessary because the school was opened in May 1880 no longer meet the growing numbers of students.
Partner community
- City Green Field, Main -Tauber-Kreis in Baden- Württemberg
Personalities
- Michał Frencel, pastor and Bible translator
- Korla Awgust Kocor, Sorbian composer and cantor
- Ruprecht Polenz, CDU politician
- Theodor contactors, local historian and folklorist