Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 15.35 km² Population 3,902 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 035771 | Municipal assoc. Bad Muskau Postal codes 02953 Local time Tuesday 12:52 AM Postal code 02953 | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 63% Humidity | ||
Bad Muskau ( [ˌbaːt ˈmʊskaʊ]; formerly Muskau, Upper Sorbian: Mužakow, Polish: Mużaków) is a spa town in the historic Upper Lusatia region in Germany at the border with Poland. It is part of the Görlitz district in the State of Saxony.
Contents
- Map of Bad Muskau Germany
- Bad muskau three travel tips discover germany
- History
- Twin towns
- People
- References
Map of Bad Muskau, Germany
It is located on the Lusatian Neisse, which since 1945 has formed the German-Polish border, directly opposite the town of Łęknica (formerly Lugknitz). The municipality comprises the western half of the famous Muskau Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bad muskau three travel tips discover germany
History
Muskau was founded in the 13th century and was first mentioned in 1249. The state country (Standesherrschaft) of Muskau was the largest of the Holy Roman Empire. It belonged to the Margraviate of Upper Lusatia, a Bohemian crown land which by the 1635 Peace of Prague passed to the Saxon Electorate, elevated to the Kingdom of Saxony in 1806. Part of Upper Lusatia was annexed by Prussia according to the 1815 Congress of Vienna and was administered as part of the Province of Silesia.
Up to the beginning of the 19th century Muskau's direct rulers were the Counts of Callenberg, succeeded up to 1845 by Count (later Prince) Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, later on by Prince Wilhelm Friedrich Karl von Oranien-Nassau, and after him by the Counts von Arnim, right up to their flight in April 1945. After World War II it was divided along the Neisse River between East Germany and the Republic of Poland. About two thirds of the park came under Polish administration.
In 1962 Muskau was renamed "Bad Muskau" after a therapeutic bath (spa) was built there.
Twin towns
People
In Bad Muskau was up to the nineties the hospital of district Weißwasser. In connection with the Hockey sport, a number of professional hockey players was born in Bad Muskau: