Steinigtwolmsdorf
Encyclopedia
Steinigtwolmsdorf is a municipality of about 3419 inhabitants. It is situated in eastern Germany
in the district of Bautzen
in Saxony
near the border to the Czech Republic
. The community covers a surface of about 18,03 squarekilometers and got a density of population of about 190 inhabitants per skm.
. It is about 16 km apart from the city of Bischofswerda
and about 19 km apart from the city of Bautzen
. It is near the federal highway (Bundesstrasse) B98, that is between Bischofswerda, Oppach
and Zittau
. The next railway-station can be found in Neukirch (Lausitz) at the railway-connection between Dresden
and Liberec
.
. The central village of the community has been founded in 1250. The most important sight is the church from 1861 and some Umgebindehäuser. In one part of the community called "Ringenhain" there can be found the smallest Umgebindehaus of the whole upper Lusatia
. The small village of Weifa, the highest of all villages in whole upper Lusatia and also unique as being a free village since hundreds of years.
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...
in 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...
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....
near the border to the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. The community covers a surface of about 18,03 squarekilometers and got a density of population of about 190 inhabitants per skm.
Geography and traffical situation
Steinigtwolmsdorf is in the southern part of the district of BautzenBautzen (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...
. It is about 16 km apart from the city of Bischofswerda
Bischofswerda
Bischofswerda is a small town in Germany at the western edge of Upper Lusatia in Saxony.-Geography:The town is located 33 km to the east of Dresden at the edge of the Upper Lusatian mountain country. The town is known as the "Gateway to Upper Lusatia" - "Tor zur Oberlausitz" in German. It is...
and about 19 km apart from the city 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...
. It is near the federal highway (Bundesstrasse) B98, that is between Bischofswerda, Oppach
Oppach
Oppach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.-Population development:...
and Zittau
Zittau
Zittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, close to the border tripoint of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. , there are 28,638 people in the city. It is part of the Görlitz district....
. The next railway-station can be found in Neukirch (Lausitz) at the railway-connection between Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
and Liberec
Liberec
Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....
.
Parts of the community
The community consists out of three parts: Steinigtwolmsdorf, Ringenhain and WeifaWeifa
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. The central village of the community has been founded in 1250. The most important sight is the church from 1861 and some Umgebindehäuser. In one part of the community called "Ringenhain" there can be found the smallest Umgebindehaus of the whole 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...
. The small village of Weifa, the highest of all villages in whole upper Lusatia and also unique as being a free village since hundreds of years.