Kubschütz
Kubschütz, Sorbian Kubšicy, is a place and the associated municipality in the district of Bautzen Saxony. The municipality was created in 1994 from the former municipalities Jenkwitz, Kubschütz and Purschwitz. The town itself is located at the junction between the main road and the railway line 6 Görlitz -Dresden and has 505 inhabitants.
- 5.1 Attractions
- 5.2 Sports
Geography
The large district Bautzen is located about 5 kilometers to the west. In the south, the Upper Lusatian Mountains is the Czorneboh as second highest and the Valtenberg as highest mountain. The country borders with the Czech Republic is approximately 25 kilometers south, about 40 kilometers east of Poland.
The municipality is bordered by Malschwitz in the north, White Mountain and Hochkirch in the east, and Cunewalde Großpostwitz in the south and in the west of Bautzen.
Community structure
For Kubschützer municipality include not only Kubschütz yourself the following districts ( population figures of 31 December 2010):
- Baschütz ( sorb. Bošecy ), 270 Ew.
- Blösa ( Brězow ), 85 Ew.
- Canitz -Christina ( Konjecy ), 90 Ew.
- Daranitz ( Torońca ), 18 Ew.
- Döhlen ( Delany ), 53 Ew.
- Großkunitz ( Chójnica ), 41 Ew.
- Grubditz ( Hruboćicy ), 69 Ew.
- Jenkwitz ( Jenkecy ), 355 Ew.
- Jeßnitz ( Jaseńca )
- Kreckwitz ( Krakecy ), 187 Ew.
- Kubschütz ( Kubšicy ) with Neukubschütz ( Nowe Kubšicy ), 502 Ew.
- Kumschütz ( Kumšicy ), 65 Ew.
- Litten ( LETON ), 53 Ew.
- Neupurschwitz ( Nowe Poršicy ), 46 Ew.
- Pielitz ( Splósk ), 60 Ew.
- Purschwitz ( Poršicy ), 289 Ew.
- Rabitz ( Rabočy ), 73 Ew.
- Rachlau ( Rachlow ), 167 Ew.
- Rieschen ( Zrěšin ), 28 Ew.
- Scheckwitz ( Šekecy ), 26 Ew.
- Soculahora ( Sokolca ), 63 Ew.
- Soritz ( Sowrjecy ), 89 Ew.
- Waditz ( Wadecy ), 56 Ew.
- Weißig ( Wysoka ), 24 Ew.
- Zieschütz ( Cyžecy ), 41 Ew.
Baschütz
The village lies Baschütz from Kubschützer village about 2 km to the north. At the junction with local monument of former Vierseitenhof with mansion ( castle estate Schkade ) is located.
History
The oldest known mention of the place as Cupcici is from 1088. Up into the 19th century Kubschütz formed an enclave of the Office Stolpen within the managed area of Bautzen.
For his statistics on the Sorbian population in Upper Lusatia Arnost Muka identified in the 1880s had a total population of 245 inhabitants; which were 228 Sorbs ( 93%) and 17 German.
In 1950 the church was enlarged by the neighboring towns Blösa, Scheckwitz and Soritz. Other regional reforms affiliated Canitz 1973 -Christina and 1974 Rachlau one. In the course of municipal reform of 1994, the municipalities Jenkwitz, Kubschütz and Purschwitz were merged to form the new municipality Kubschütz.
Religion
The locations of the community Kubschütz include depending on the location at different Lutheran churches. The main villages are connected to Purschwitz, where the only church stands in the municipal area. The cemetery chapel in Kubschütz is regularly used for worship. The south- eastern villages belong to Hochkirch, the Western to St. Michael Bautzen and Pielitz to Großpostwitz.
Public institutions
The community Kubschütz has a primary school ( in Baschütz ) and two daycare.
Culture
Attractions
In Kreckwitz is a manor house including farm and a park where every spring bloom but thousands of crocuses. A village pond with island serves regional fish farming. The only church in the municipality is the 1222 first documented church in Purschwitz.
There is a monument to the Blücher Kreckwitzer heights. On the third hill (out of four, numbered from west to east ) the Kreckwitzer heights is located on the south side of a large rock formation with a ledge, which is decorated with a historical inscription commemorating the Battle of Bautzen in 1813.
Sports
- SV Kubschütz eV, the largest sports club in the city founded around 300 members in 1929
- MSV Blue-White Kreckwitz eV, multi- sports club
Sons and daughters of the town
- Arnost Bart (1870-1956), Sorbian patriot and politician
- Siegfried Michalk (1927-1992), Slavic and Sorabist