Malschwitz
Encyclopedia
Malschwitz, Sorbian Malešecy, is a municipality in the east of Saxony
, Germany
. It belongs to the district of Bautzen
and lies 6 km northeast of the eponymous city
.
flatland.
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 6 km northeast 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 in the Upper LusatianLusatia
Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe. It stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Elbe valley in the west, today located within the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg as well as in the Lower Silesian and Lubusz voivodeships of western Poland...
flatland.
Villages
Several villages belong to the municipality:- Malschwitz (Malešecy),
- Pließkowitz (Plusnikecy),
- Briesing (Brězynka),
- Niedergurig (Delnja Hórka),
- Doberschütz (Dobrošecy),
- Kleinbautzen (Budyšink),
- Preititz (Přiwćicy),
- Cannewitz (Skanecy),
- Rackel (Rakojdy),
- Baruth bei Bautzen (Bart),
- Brießnitz (Brězecy),
- Dubrauke (Dubrawka),
- Buchwalde (Bukojna) and
- Gleina (Hlina).