Hohendubrau
Hohendubrau, Sorbian Wysoka Dubrawa, is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, with headquarters in Weigersdorf and part of the management association Diehsa. The name of the village derives from the Hohendubrau, but a real place with this name does not exist.
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Geography
The community Hohendubrau is in the mid -west of the county in a wooded area southwest of the dam Quitzdorf in the eponymous mountain range High Dubrau. It is located approximately midway between the two county towns of Görlitz and Bautzen, of which she is around 20 kilometers away.
Community structure
The quarters are:
- Dauban ( Dubo )
- Gebelzig ( Hbjelsk )
- Great Radisch ( Radšow )
- Great Saubernitz ( Zubornica )
- Jerchwitz ( Jerchecy )
- Upper Prauske ( Hornje Brusy )
- Sandförstgen ( Borštka )
- Thräna ( Drenow )
- Weigersdorf ( Wukrančicy ).
History
The community Hohendubrau was established on 1 July 1995 as the communities Gebelzig ( with large Saubernitz and Sandförstgen ), United Radisch ( with Jerchwitz and Thräna ) and Weigersdorf banded together ( with Dauban and upper Prauske ).
The place was first mentioned as a major Radisch Radisschaw in records in 1422. The name comes from the Slavic "place of Radis " and is probably due to the local founder or refer to the Slavic god of war Radegast.
Jerchwitz was formerly called " Erbisdorff " or " Erich village". The current derived from the Slavic name is derived from the term Jarczowice, which means " village of Jarosch " or " village of Jarik ".
The place name is derived from the Slavic Thräna of Drenow ( " Cornus " ) or the term ctrawa ( " meadow " or " Moor ").
Policy
The local council of Hohendubrau consists of 14 members, including two women. The municipal election in 2009 resulted in the following voting or distribution of seats:
Culture and sights
- Observation tower in the United Radisch on the Monument Mountain ( 293.4 m above sea level. NN )
- United Church Radisch of 1801
- Cherry Festival in Great Radisch
- Moose enclosure at the district Dauban
- Leisure & Camping Park Thräna with wild animal park
Transport links
The Federal Highway 4 runs south of the community and can be reached via the White Mountain Connection.