Wittichenau

Also known as Kulow

Wittichenau (German, ) or Kulow (Upper Sorbian, ) 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.

Key facts

German location.name: Wittichenau/Kulow
German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Wittichenau Aerial Pan.jpg
German location.image_caption: Aerial panorama of the town
German location.image_coa: Wappen wittichenau.png
German location.image_plan: Wittichenau in BZ.svg
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Bautzen
German location.elevation: 127
German location.area: 61.02
German location.postal_code: 02997
German location.area_code: 035725
German location.licence: BZ, BIW, HY, KM
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14625640
German location.divisions: 12
German location.website: www.wittichenau.de/stadt
German location.mayor: Markus Posch
German location.leader_term: 2021–28

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Kulowčenjo
Population: 5648
Area: 61.02
Elevation: 127
Official website: wittichenau.de
Image: Markt Wittichenau 4.JPG
Dialing code: 035725
Licence plate code: BZ

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Commons category: Wittichenau
postal code: 02997
hashtag: Wittichenau
native label: Wittichenau
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This small municipality is situated in the heart of bilingual Lusatia region which was for long centuries part of the Bohemian Crown and was passed to Saxony in 1635. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, Slavic Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak German. It is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony.