Country Germany District Görlitz Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Monday 11:20 AM Postal code 02906 | State Saxony Elevation 172 m (564 ft) Postal codes 02906 Population 10,286 (31 Dec 2008) | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 38% Humidity Points of interest Museum Niesky, Freizeitpark Stannewisch, Wildgehege Stannewisch | ||
Niesky (-German, Sorbian/Polish: Niska) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 11,000 and is part of the district of Görlitz.
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Map of Niesky, Germany
The town was founded in 1742 by Moravian immigrants. As members of the Moravian Church, they fled from persecution in their Catholic homeland. The name Niesky is the Germanised version of the Czech word nízký ("low"). In 1776, at the age of 12, Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe, future designer of the United States Capitol, as well as of the Baltimore Basilica, was sent to the Moravian School at Niesky.
In 1926 the architect Konrad Wachsmann worked in the timber construction firm Christoph & Unmack AG.
Localities of Niesky are Neuhof, Neusärchen, Neuödernitz, Ödernitz, See, Zeche-Moholz, Kosel, Zedlig and Sandschänke.
Twin Town
Niesky is twinned with the French town of Albert.