Großpostwitz
Encyclopedia
Großpostwitz is a municipality in the east of Saxony
, Germany
. It belongs to the district of Bautzen
and lies south of the eponymous city
.
(Lusatian Hills) along the Spree
. The Bundesstraße
96 passes Großpostwitz.
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It belongs to the district of Bautzen
Bautzen (district)
Bautzen is a district in the Free State of Saxony in Germany including the former districts of Bischofswerda and Kamenz. It is bounded by the Czech Republic, the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, the district-free city Dresden and the districts of Meißen and Görlitz...
and lies south of the eponymous city
Bautzen
Bautzen is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district. It is located on the Spree River. As of 2008, its population is 41,161...
.
Geography
The municipality is situated at the northern edge of the Lausitzer BerglandLausitzer Bergland
The Lusatian Highlands is a hilly and low mountainous region in Germany and the Czech Republic. A western extension of the Sudetes range, it is located on the border of the German state of Saxony with the Czech Bohemian region...
(Lusatian Hills) along the Spree
Spree
The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic...
. The Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
96 passes Großpostwitz.
Villages
Several villages belong to the municipality:- Berge (Zahor)
- Binnewitz (Bónjecy)
- Cosul (Kózły)
- Ebendörfel (Bělšecy)
- Eulowitz (Jiłocy)
- Großpostwitz (Budestecy)
- Klein Kunitz (Chójnička)
- Mehltheuer (Lubjenc)
- Rascha (Rašow)
- Denkwitz (Dźenikecy)