Radibor, in Sorbian

Sorbian languages

The Sorbian languages are classified under the Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. They are the native languages of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority in the Lusatia region of eastern Germany. Historically the language has also been known as Wendish or Lusatian. Their collective ISO 639-2 code...

 Radwor, is a municipality 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....

 in Germany

Germany

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. It is situated in Upper Lusatia

Lusatia

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...

 about 10 km north of Bautzen

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...

, which is also the main city of 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...

 to which Radibor belongs.

Radibor was first mentioned in a written source in 1359. Its name is of Sorbian origin and generally means "place of the council". The municipality belongs to the central 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...

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Following villages belong to the municipality of Radibor:

• Bornitz (Boranecy), 125 inh.
• Brohna (Bronjo), 73 inh.
• Camina (Kamjenej), 119 inh.
• Cölln (Chelno), 356 inh.
• Droben (Droby), 89 inh.
• Großbrösern (Wulki Přezdrěń), 46 inh.
• Lippitsch (Lipič), 193 inh.
• Lomske (Łomsk), 205 inh.
• Luppa (Łupoj), 205 inh.
• Luppedubrau (Łupjanska Dubrawka), 79 inh.
• Luttowitz (Lutobč), 162 inh.
• Merka (Měrkow), 139 inh.
• Milkel (Minakał), 420 inh.
• Milkwitz (Miłkecy), 113 inh.
• Neu-Bornitz (Nowe Boranecy), 61 inh.
• Neu-Brohna (Nowe Bronjo), 20 inh.
• Quoos (Chasow), 156 inh.
• Radibor (Radwor), 704 inh.
• Schwarzadler (Čorny Hodler), 37 inh.
• Teicha (Hat), 75 inh.
• Wessel (Wjesel), 99 inh.