Schweindenden

It is located on the right side of the Klostervasser River Valley, about 17 kilometers northwest of Budyszyn and two kilometers southeast of the administrative center of Panschwitz-Kukau. A motorway S100 (Bautzen - Kamenz ) passes near the village.

Neighboring settlements: in the east - the village of Zibits , in the southeast - the village of Neuhof of the commune of Burkau, in the southwest - the village of Kannevits and in the northwest - the administrative center of the commune of Panschwitz-Kukau ^[2] .

First mentioned in 1296 under the name Zwinern ^[3] . In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Marienstern Nunnery ^[4] .

Until 1957, it was the administrative center of the eponymous commune. Since 1957, it has been part of the modern commune of Panschwitz-Kukau ^[5] .

Currently, the village is part of the cultural and territorial autonomy of the “ Luzhitsky Settlement Region ”, on the territory of which there are legislative acts of the lands of Saxony and Brandenburg, contributing to the preservation of the Luzhitsky languages and the culture of Luzhic ^{[6] [7]} .

Historic German Names ^[8]

• Zwinern, Zwynern, 1296
• Swinern, 1374
• von der Swynerne, 1400
• zu Sweynerne, Sweynerde, 1469
• Schweynerne, 1499
• Schweinerden o. Schwemerden, 1791

The official language in the village, in addition to German , is also Upper Luzhsky .

According to the statistical work “Dodawki k statisticy a etnografiji łužickich Serbow” by Arnost Muki in 1884, 130 people lived in the village (128 of them were Serbluzhichans (98%)) ^[9] .

Luzhitsky demographer Arnosht Chernik in his essay Die Entwicklung der sorbischen Bevölkerung indicates that in 1956, with a total population of 97 people, the Serbluzhitsky population of the village was 82.5% (of which 60 adults and 20 minors were actively fluent in the Upper Luzhsky language) ^[10] .

Monuments of culture and history of the land of Saxony

• Stone roadside crucifix, 1900 (No. 09301710).
• Stone memorial to the victims of the first and second world wars, on the road towards Edlitsa, 1918 (No. 09227983).
• Crucifix, near the house 4 on the street. Ringstraße, 1842 (No. 09301706).
• Crucifix, near the house 10 on the street. Ringstraße, 18th century (No. 09227976).
• Statue of St. Sebastian, 1635 (No. 09227971).
• Residential building, Ringstraße 1, 18th century (No. 09227972).
• Residential building, Ringstraße 3, 18th century (No. 09227973).
• Residential building, Ringstraße 4, 19th century (No. 09227977).
• Mill with stable and outbuildings, Ringstraße 8, 1653 (No. 09227975).
• Residential building, Ringstraße 9, 19th century (No. 09227978).
• Residential building, Ringstraße 13, 18th century (No. 09227980).
• Residential building, Ringstraße 15, beginning of the 19th century (No. 09227979).
• Residential building, Ringstraße 16, 18th century (No. 09227003).
• Residential building, Ringstraße 21, beginning of the 18th century (No. 09227970).
• Former postal station, Ringstraße 24, 18th century (No. 09227969).

Gallery

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  Former postal station, today - the office of the Caritas charity

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  Residential building, Ringstraße 1

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  Residential building, Ringstraße 3

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  Residential building, Ringstraße 8

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  Apartment building, Ringstraße 9

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  Apartment building, Ringstraße 13

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  Residential building, Ringstraße 15

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  Apartment building, Ringstraße 16

• Yakub German (1836-1916) - Serbluzhitsky public figure.

• Schweinerden / Swinjarnja , Historischen Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen
• Schweinerden , Official site of Panschwitz-Kukau