Weißenberg

Also known as Wóspork, Wospork

Weißenberg (German, ) or Wóspork (Upper Sorbian, ) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. The Upper Lusatian town has approximately 3,100 inhabitants and is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony.

Key facts

German place.name: Weißenberg/Wóspork
German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_photo: Wóspork – radnica.jpg
German place.image_caption: Main square with town hall
German place.image_coa: Wappen Weissenberg (Oberlausitz).png
German place.image_plan: Weißenberg in BZ.svg
German place.state: Sachsen
German place.district: Bautzen
German place.elevation: 197
German place.area: 50.96
German place.postal_code: 02627
German place.area_code: 035876
German place.licence: BZ, BIW, HY, KM
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14625610
German place.divisions: 15
German place.website: www.stadt-weissenberg.de
German place.mayor: Jürgen Arlt
German place.leader_term: 2022–29

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Wósporčenjo
Population: 3068
Area: 50.96
Elevation: 197
Official website: www.stadt-weissenberg.de
Image: Wóspork – radnica.jpg
Dialing code: 035939
Licence plate code: BZ

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postal code: 02627
Commons category: Weißenberg
native label: Weißenberg
P8168: trigonometric function
hashtag: Weißenberg

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History
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Education
Notable people
In fiction
Twin towns
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== Geography == Weißenberg is located 16 km east of Bautzen/Budyšin in the region of Lusatia. The town borders Malschwitz/Malešecy and Hohendubrau in the north, Vierkirchen and Löbau in the south, and Hochkirch and Kubschütz in the west. It also borders the district of Görlitz. It's near to the border to the Czech Republic and Poland.