Puschwitz
Encyclopedia
Puschwitz, in Sorbian Bóšicy, is a municipality in the district of Bautzen
, in Saxony
, Germany
.
It belongs to Upper Lusatia
and the settlement area of the Sorbs
. The municipality consists of following villages:
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...
, in Saxony
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 Upper Lusatia
Upper Lusatia
Upper Lusatia is a region a biggest part of which belongs to Saxony, a small eastern part belongs to Poland, the northern part to Brandenburg. In Saxony, Upper Lusatia comprises roughly the districts of Bautzen and Görlitz , in Brandenburg the southern part of district Oberspreewald-Lausitz...
and the settlement area of the Sorbs
Sorbs
Sorbs are a Western Slavic people of Central Europe living predominantly in Lusatia, a region on the territory of Germany and Poland. In Germany they live in the states of Brandenburg and Saxony. They speak the Sorbian languages - closely related to Polish and Czech - officially recognized and...
. The municipality consists of following villages:
- Guhra (Hora)
- Jeßnitz (Jaseńca)
- Lauske (Łusč)
- Neu-Jeßnitz (Nowa Jaseńca)
- Neu-Lauske (Nowy Łusč)
- Neu-Puschwitz (Nowe Bóšicy)
- Puschwitz (Bóšicy)
- Wetro (Wětrow)