Wittichenau

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Wittichenau
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Coat of arms of Wittichenau
Wittichenau (Germany)
Wittichenau
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony
Admin. region Dresden
District Kamenz
Town subdivisions 12
Mayor Udo Popella (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 62.24 km² (24 sq mi)
Elevation 127 m  (417 ft)
Population 6,168  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 99 /km² (257 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KM
Postal code 02997
Area code 035725
Website www.wittichenau.de/stadt

Coordinates: 51°23′0″N 14°15′0″E / 51.38333, 14.25

Wittichenau (Sorbian Kulow) is a bilingual town in the district of Kamenz in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 6 km south of Hoyerswerda.

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.

Wittichenau is the birthplace of the following:

  • Georg August Swotlick / Jiří Awgust Swotlik (translated the Bible into Sorbish)
  • Matthias Wenzel Jaeckel
  • Xavier Jakub Ticin (creator of Upper Sorbian grammar)
  • Ulrich Pogoda (Sorbian musician and composer)
  • Günther Särchen (Roman Catholic social pedagogue)
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