Schirgiswalde-Kirschau

Schirgiswalde - Kirschau (Sorbian Šěrachow - Korzym ) is a small town in the center of Upper Lusatia and part of the Saxon district of Bautzen.

Boroughs

Schirgiswalde - Kirschau consists of four districts ( villages ), which in turn consist of various districts:

• Crostau with the districts Callnberg
• Carlsberg
• Crostau
• Halbendorf / Enc.
• Wurbis

• Kirschau with the districts Kirschau
• Small Postwitz

• Rodewitz / Spree with the districts Bederwitz
• Rodewitz / Spree
• Sonnenberg

• Schirgiswalde with the districts Neuschirgiswalde
• Schirgiswalde

History

The municipality was created January 1, 2011 through the voluntary merger of the city Schirgiswalde with communities Kirschau and Crostau. The three municipalities have previously connected in the administrative community Schirgiswalde, which was then dissolved. The municipal seat is Kirschau.

On the history of the individual parts of the city: see the relevant local products

Policy

City ​​council

After the fusion community, the city council is composed as follows:

Mayor

On 27 March 2011, the former mayor of Kirschau, Sven Gabriel (FDP), who worked for the city as Temporary Administrator since the beginning, elected as the new mayor.

Twinning

Denkingen and Niederstetten in Baden -Württemberg and Sundern ( Sauerland) in North Rhine -Westphalia are twin cities of Schirgiswalde - Kirschau.

Personalities

From the district Crostau originates among others, the opera singer Reiner Goldberg ( b. 1939 ).

Traffic

The breakpoint Schirgiswalde - Kirschau lies on the railway line Oberoderwitz - Wilthen.