Wittichenau

Wittichenau/Kulow
Coat of arms
Wittichenau/Kulow
Location of Wittichenau/Kulow within Bautzen district
Coordinates: 51°23′N 14°15′E / 51.383°N 14.250°E / 51.383; 14.250Coordinates: 51°23′N 14°15′E / 51.383°N 14.250°E / 51.383; 14.250
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Government
• Mayor	Udo Popella (CDU)
Area
• Total	62.24 km2 (24.03 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,800
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	02997
Dialling codes	035725
Vehicle registration	BZ
Website	www.wittichenau.de/stadt

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.

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.

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  Pfarrkirche Wittichenau
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  Protestant church in Wittichenau
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  Saxon post milestone
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  Column for the title character of Krabat
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  School in Wittichenau

Sons and daughters of the town

• Georg August Swotlick (1650-1729), translated the Bible into Sorbian and created the first printed Sorbian dictionary.
• Mathias Wenzel Jäckel (1655-1738), was a prominent baroque sculptor, works can be seen in the Wittichenau Pfarrkirche and on the Karlsbrücke in Prague.
• Xaver Jakub Ticin (1656-1693), wrote the first Upper Sorbian grammar, died near Belgrade as a chaplain in the Turkish War.
• Franz Georg Lock (1751-1831), bishop, was a prominent representative of the Catholic Enlightenment in the Upper Lusatia.
• Herta Nikovich (1923-1994) left 102,000 dollars as a founder of the "Wittichenau children" - Mrs. Nikovich Foundation for the promotion of education, education, youth welfare and youth welfare for all children of the city of Wittichenau.
• Günter Särchen (1927-2004), Catholic social pedagogue, publicist and pioneer of German-Polish reconciliation, honorary citizen of Wittichenau.
• Hubertus Zomack (born 1941), Catholic theologian and priest, was Vicar General of the Bishopric of Görlitz.
• Waltraut Skoddow (1942-2014), writer.
• Ulrich Pogoda (born 1954), Sorbian composer of classical music.
• Peter Schowtka (born 1945), politician (CDU), deputy in the Saxonian Landtag 1991-2014 and from 1990 to 1994 mayor of Wittichenau.

More information about these people can be found in the German Wikipedia.

References

Towns and municipalities in Bautzen (district)
Arnsdorf Bautzen/Budyšin Bernsdorf Bischofswerda Bretnig-Hauswalde Burkau/Porchow Crostwitz/Chrósćicy Cunewalde Demitz-Thumitz Doberschau-Gaußig/Dobruša-Huska Elsterheide/Halštrowska Hola Elstra/Halštrow Frankenthal Göda/Hodźij Großdubrau/Wulka Dubrawa Großharthau Großnaundorf Großröhrsdorf Großpostwitz/Budestecy Haselbachtal Hochkirch/Bukecy Hoyerswerda/Wojerecy Kamenz/Kamjenc Königsbrück Königswartha/Rakecy Kubschütz/Kubšicy Laußnitz Lauta Lichtenberg Lohsa/Łaz Malschwitz/Malešecy Nebelschütz/Njebjelčicy Neschwitz/Njeswačidło Neukirch/Lausitz Neukirch (bei Königsbrück) Obergurig/Hornja Hórka Ohorn Oßling/Wóslink Ottendorf-Okrilla Panschwitz-Kuckau/Pančicy-Kukow Pulsnitz Puschwitz/Bóšicy Räckelwitz/Worklecy Radeberg Radibor/Radwor Ralbitz-Rosenthal/Ralbicy-Róžant Rammenau Schirgiswalde-Kirschau Schmölln-Putzkau Schönteichen Schwepnitz Sohland an der Spree Spreetal/Sprjewiny Doł Steina Steinigtwolmsdorf Wachau Weißenberg/Wóspork Wilthen Wittichenau/Kulow