Lohsa

Municipality in Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Lohsa/Łaz within Bautzen district

(2023–30) Thomas Leberecht^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total134.36 km² (51.88 sq mi)Elevation

114 m (374 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,145 • Density38/km² (99/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

02999

Dialling codes035724/035726Vehicle registrationBZ, BIW, HY, KMWebsiteEinheitsgemeinde Lohsa

Lohsa (German) or Łaz (Upper Sorbian, pronounced [ˈwas]) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany.

The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.

Demographics

The Sorbian population of the village was 358 in 1840, 355 in 1860, and 400 in 1880.^[3]

Villages

Several villages belong to the municipality (names given in German/Upper Sorbian):

Dreiweibern/Tři Žony
Driewitz/Drěwcy
Friedersdorf/Bjedrichecy
Groß Särchen/Wulke Ždźary
Hermsdorf/Spree/Hermanecy
Koblenz/Koblicy
Lippen/Lipiny
Litschen/Złyčin
Lohsa/Łaz
Mortka/Mortkow
Riegel/Roholń
Steinitz/Šćeńca
Tiegling/Tyhelc
Weißig/Wysoka
Weißkollm/Běły Chołmc

Economy and Infrastructure

Education

The municipality of Lohsa has a primary school in Groß Särchen and a secondary school.

Traffic

To the east of the municipality runs the B 156, to the west the B 96, via which the B 97 to the northwest can be reached. Lohsa is connected to the Niesky-Hoyerswerda(-Falkenberg (Elster)-Roßlau (Elbe)) railway line by a demand stop. The RB 64 line (Hoyerswerda-Görlitz) operates here as Seenland-Neisse-Shuttle.

Notable people

Handrij Zejler (1804–1872), Sorbian writer and activist, lived and died in Łaz^[3]
Martha Israel (1905–c. 1967), politician^[4]

Gallery

Municipal building
Church
School
Castle in Weißig/Wysoka

References

^ Wahlergebnisse 2023, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
^ ^a ^b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V (in Polish). Warszawa. 1884. p. 616.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Pawlowski, Rita (2008). Unsere Frauen stehen ihren Mann: Frauen in der Volkskammer der DDR 1950 bis 1989 : ein biographisches Handbuch [Our Women Stand Their Ground: Women in the People's Chamber of the GDR, 1950 to 1989: a Biographical Handbook] (in German). Berlin: Trafo Verlagsgruppe []. p. 126. ISBN 978-3-89626-652-1. OCLC 277197894.