Purschwitz

The northernmost settlement in the municipality of Kubšiuc. It is located about seven kilometers northeast of Bautzen and four kilometers north of the administrative center of the commune. To the south of the village is the Flugplatz Bautzen Airport (ICAO-Code EDAB), colloquially called “Litten”.

Neighboring settlements: in the north - the village of Budyszyn of the Malschwitz commune, in the east - the village of Skaneci of the Malschwitz commune and in the west - the villages of Letoni and Krakets ^[2] .

First mentioned in 1222 under the name Porsiz ^[3] .

From 1934 to 1979, the village was part of the Litten commune, from 1979 to 1994 in the commune of Krekvits. Since 1994, it has been part of the modern commune of Kubšiuc ^[4] . In 1952, a part called Neupurschwitz was separated from the village, which became an independent settlement ^[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]} .

Historical German names ^[8] .

• Porsiz, 1222
• Nycolaus, Albertus, Bransislaus de Borsicz, Borsiz, 1242
• Porsicz, 1242
• Porschicz, 1364
• Purschiz, Puͦrschicz, 1412
• Porsitz, 1419
• Porschitcz, 1503
• Purschwitz, 1565
• Purschwitz mit Neupurschwitz, 1908

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, 498 people lived in the village (473 of them were Serbluzhichans (95%)) ^[9] .

The Luzhitsky demographer Arnosht Chernik in his work Die Entwicklung der sorbischen Bevölkerung indicates that in 1956, with a total population of 709 people, the Serbluzhitsky population of the village was 52% (of which 265 adults and 104 minors were fluent in Upper Luzhsky) ^[10] .

Monuments of culture and history of the land of Saxony ^[11]

• Monument to the Fallen in the First World War, 1918 (No. 09252179)
• The former manor house with a park, Purschwitz 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6, 7, 8, 9, second half of the 18th century (No. 09300639)
• Manor House, Purschwitz 3, 1850 (No. 09251955)
• Outbuildings, Purschwitz 8, 1800 (No. 09251955)
• Outbuildings, Purschwitz 8, 1800 (No. 09251955)
• Cemetery near the temple, Purschwitz 10, 1590 (No. 09252165)
• Lutheran Temple, Purschwitz 10, 1584 (No. 09251951)
• Lutheran Temple, Purschwitz 10, 1584 (No. 09251951)
• Former church school with corner residential building, Purschwitz 11, 1826 (No. 09251952)
• Residential building with outbuildings, Purschwitz 12, 1813 (No. 09251956)
• Residential building with outbuildings, Purschwitz 31, 1820 (No. 09252177)
• Residential building with outbuildings, Purschwitz 36, 1813 (No. 09252175)
• Residential building with outbuildings, Purschwitz 39, 39a, 1817 (No. 09252174)
• Residential building with outbuildings, Purschwitz 40, 1820 (No. 09252173)
• Residential building, Purschwitz 47, first half of the 18th century (No. 09251957)
• Granite doors, Purschwitz 55, 1820 (No. 09252171)
• Pastor's House, Purschwitz 84, 18th century (No. 09251950)

Gallery

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  Monument to the fallen in World War I

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  Former homestead

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  Cemetery

• Rudolf Ench (1903-1979) - Serbluzhitsky literary historian, linguist and cultural figure.
• Gregor Martini (born 1927) - Lutheran cleric, writer of Luga
• Hendrich August Krigar (1804-1858) - Lutheran clergyman, poet of Luga and linguist.
• Ernst Theodor Stöckardt (1816–1898) - German agronomist, agricultural scientist, teacher and publisher
• Ginz Schuster-Shevts (1927-1956) - Serbluzhitsky philologist-Slavist, sorabist

• Cornelius Gurlitt, Purschwitz , Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen. 32. Heft: Amtshauptmannschaft Bautzen (II. Teil). CC Meinhold, Dresden 1908, S. 229.
• Purschwitz / Poršicy. W: Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft (= Werte der deutschen Heimat. Zwjazk 67). 1. nakład. Böhlau, Köln / Weimar / Wien 2005, ISBN 978-3-412-08903-0 , str. 326-329.

• Purschwitz / Poršicy , Historischen Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen