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Bernsdorf, Upper Lusatia

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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Bautzen

Postal codes
  
02994

Area
  
43.71 km²

Population
  
6,117 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
035723

State
  
Saxony

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dialling codes
  
035723

Local time
  
Saturday 11:52 PM

Postal code
  
02994

Municipal assoc.
  
Bernartice

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Weather
  
10°C, Wind S at 19 km/h, 66% Humidity

Bernsdorf (Sorbian: Njedźichow) is a town with 6,427 inhabitants in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Kamenz and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Hoyerswerda.

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Map of Bernsdorf, Germany

History

Within Prussian Silesia (Province of Silesia 1815–1919 and 1938–41, Province of Lower Silesia 1919–38 and 1941–45), Bernsdorf was part of Landkreis Hoyerswerda. Within the East German Bezirk Cottbus, it was part of Kreis Hoyerswerda. With German reunification in 1990, Bernsdorf became part of Saxony.

International relations

Bernsdorf is twinned with:

  • Quinsac (France), since 2006
  • Steinenbronn (Germany), since German reunification
  • Sons and daughters of the city

  • Gerhard Möhwald (1920-2012), former mayor and honorary citizen
  • Christian Rudolph (born 1949), athlete (hurdles)
  • References

    Bernsdorf, Upper Lusatia Wikipedia