Kirschau
Sign in to saveKirschau (; , ) is a village and a former municipality in Upper Lusatia in the district of Bautzen in Saxony in Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Schirgiswalde-Kirschau. It is situated in a region called Lausitzer Bergland in the valley of the Spree and the Pilke, between the "Mönchswalderberg" (449 m) and the "Lärchenberg" (354 m) and belongs in respects of administration to the district of Bautzen.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Ortsteil
- German location.Town
- Schirgiswalde-Kirschau
- German location.image_photo
- Kirschau1.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall (left) and post office (right)
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Kirschau (Sachsen).svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Bautzen
- German location.elevation
- 250
- German location.area
- 6.52
- German location.population
- 2442
- German location.Stand
- 2009-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 02681
- German location.area_code
- 03592 (035938 in Bederwitz, Rodewitz und Sonnenberg)
- German location.licence
- BZ
- German location.website
- www.kirschau.de
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kirschau
- Demonym
- Korzymjenjo
- Population
- 2397
- Area
- 6.52
- Elevation
- 250
- Image
- Kirschau1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 03592
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- Commons category
- Kirschau
- postal code
- 02681
- time of earliest written record
- 1352-00-00
- native label
- Kirschau
- P8168
- Erich Lessing
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Kirschau (; , ) is a village and a former municipality in Upper Lusatia in the district of Bautzen in Saxony in Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Schirgiswalde-Kirschau. It is situated in a region called Lausitzer Bergland in the valley of the Spree and the Pilke, between the "Mönchswalderberg" (449 m) and the "Lärchenberg" (354 m) and belongs in respects of administration to the district of Bautzen.
The community is separated into four different parts called (with the sorbian name additional): Bederwitz (Bjedrusk), Kleinpostwitz (Bójswecy), Rodewitz (Rozwodecy) and Sonnenberg (Słónčna Hora).
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