Varta or Stroja ( German: Wartha ; V.-puddle. Stróža ) is a village in Upper Luzice , Germany . It is part of the Malschwitz commune of the Bautzen district in Saxony . Submits to the administrative district of Dresden .
| Village | |
| Warta Guarding | |
|---|---|
| Wartha Stróža | |
| A country |  Germany |
| land | Free State of Saxony |
| Area | Bautzen |
| Community | Malschwitz |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | 1331 |
| Square | 4.04 km² |
| Center height | 144 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 153 [1] people ( 2011 ) |
| Nationalities | Luzhichans , Germans |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +49 35932 |
| Postcode | 02694 |
| Car code | Bz |
Geography
It is located on the territory of the Biosphere Reserve " Wasteland and Lakes Upper Luzitsa " in the southern part of the Luzicky Lakes region, northeast of the administrative center of the commune of the village of Malschwitz. Located on the northern shore of Lake Olbase . The highway K 7218 passes through the village.
Neighboring settlements: in the east - the village of Dubo of the Hoendubrau commune, in the southeast - the village of Zubornichka and in the west - the village of Lemishov [2] .
History
First mentioned in 1331 under the name Wartha [3] .
Until 1950, it was the administrative center of the eponymous commune. From 1950 to 1994, it was part of the Klein-Ubernitz commune. Since 1994 it is part of the modern commune of Malschwitz [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]
- Wartha, 1331
- Wart, 1350
- Warthe, 1419
- Wartha, 1658
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 237 people lived in the village (225 of them Serbluzhichans (95%)) [8] .
| 1834 | 1871 | 1890 | 1910 | 1925 | 1939 | 1946 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 | 224 | 208 | 217 | 205 | 321 | 321 |
Attractions
- “The House of a Thousand Lakes” - information center of the reserve “ Wasteland and Lakes of the Upper Puddle ”
- School Museum of the Serboluzhitsky composer Korla Kotsor [9] .
Famous residents and natives
- Korla August Kotsor (1822-1904) - Serbluzhitsky church writer and public figure.
Notes
- ↑ Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen , p. 5
- ↑ Jenička serbska karta w syći
- ↑ [ Wartha / Stróža , Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen], Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen
- ↑ [ Wartha / Stróža , Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen], Digitales Historisches 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
- ↑ [ Wartha / Stróža , Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen], Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen
- ↑ Ernst Tschernik: Die Entwicklung der sorbischen Bevölkerung. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954, str. 52
- ↑ Schulmuseum "Korla Awgust Kocor" in Wartha / Stróža
Literature
- Wartha / Stróža, Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft (= Werte der deutschen Heimat. Zwjazk 67). 1. nakład. Böhlau, Köln / Weimar / Wien 2005, ISBN 978-3-412-08903-0 , str. 298sl
Links
- Wartha / Stróža , Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen
- Wartha , Malschwitz Official Website