District Bautzen Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 62.24 km² Population 6,084 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 035725 | Elevation 127 m (417 ft) Postal codes 02997 Local time Wednesday 12:05 AM Postal code 02997 | |
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Wittichenau (Sorbian Kulow) is a bilingual town in the district of Bautzen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 6 km south of Hoyerswerda.
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Map of Wittichenau, Germany
This small municipality is situated in the heart of bilingual Lusatia region which was for long centuries part of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, Slavic Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak German.
Sons and daughters of the town
More information about these people can be found in the German Wikipedia.
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Wittichenau Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA