Litten or Léton ( German Litten ; V.-puddle. Lětoń ) Is a village in Upper Luzice , Germany . It is part of the Kubschutz commune of the Bautzen district in Saxony . Submits to the administrative district of Dresden .
| Village | |
| Litten Leton | |
|---|---|
| Litten Lětoń | |
| A country |  Germany |
| Earth | Free State of Saxony |
| Area | Bautzen |
| Community | Kubshyuts |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | 1237 |
| Area | 1.38 km² |
| Center height | 164 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 52 [1] people ( 2011 ) |
| Nationalities | Luzhichans , Germans |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +49 3591 |
| Postcode | 02627 |
| Car code | Bz |
Content
- 1 Geography
- 2 History
- 3 population
- 4 Attractions
- 5 Famous residents and natives
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Geography
To the south of the village is the Flugplatz Bautzen Airport (ICAO-Code EDAB), colloquially called “Litten”.
Neighboring settlements: in the north-east - the village of Porshitsy , in the west - the village of Delnya-Kina (included in the city borders of Bautzen) and in the north-west - the village of Krakets [2] .
History
First mentioned in 1237 under the name Letonin [3] .
Until 1934, it was the administrative center of the eponymous commune; from 1934 to 1994, the village was part of the Purschwitz commune. Since 1994, it has been part of the modern commune of Kubšiuc [4] .
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 [5] [6] .
- Historic German Names [7]
- Letonin, 1237
- Leteney, Leteny, 1362
- Letteney, Lettena, 1430
- Littanin, 1519
- Letthen, 1538
Population
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, 92 people lived in the village (88 of them were Serbluzhichans (95%)) [8] .
| 1834 | 1871 | 1890 | 1910 | 1925 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 96 | 79 | 64 | 70 |
Attractions
- Monuments of culture and history of the land of Saxony [9]
- Former homestead, Litten 6, 1900 (No. 09251138)
Famous residents and natives
- Arnosht Barth (1870-1956) - Serbluzhitsky politician and public figure
Notes
- ↑ Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen , p. 5
- ↑ Jenička serbska karta w syći
- ↑ Litten / Lětoń , Historischen Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen
- ↑ Litten / Lětoń , Historischen Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen
- ↑ Gesetz zur Ausgestaltung der Rechte der Sorben (Wenden) im Land Brandenburg (Sorben (Wenden) -Gesetz - SWG) dated July 7, 1994
- ↑ Gesetz über die Rechte der Sorben im Freistaat Sachsen (Sächsisches Sorbengesetz - SächsSorbG) dated March 31, 1999
- ↑ Litten / Lětoń , Historischen Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen
- ↑ Ernst Tschernik: Die Entwicklung der sorbischen Bevölkerung. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, str. 52
- ↑ DIVIS - Die Denkmaldatenbank des Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege Sachsen
Links
- Litten / Lětoń , Historischen Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen