Uhyst (Upper Sorbian Delni Wujězd) was a municipality in the district Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saxony, Germany. Since 2007, it is part of Boxberg.
Uhyst
Delni Wujězd | |
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  Uhyst | |
| Coordinates: 51°21′55″N 14°30′24″E / 51.36528°N 14.50667°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Görlitz |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
It is located in Lusatia, and is officially bilingual (German and Upper Sorbian), as it is inhabited by the indigenous Sorbs.
History edit
A Catholic chapel was built by 1342.[1] As of 1885, the village had a population of 451, and there was a Sorbian Lutheran school.[1]
Uhyst was renamed Spreefurt during the Nazi era, and regained its original name in 1947.[2]
The forester and poet Gottfried Unterdörfer lived and worked here from 1950 until his death in 1990.
References edit
- ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 764.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ von Vietinghoff-Riesch, Arnold (2004). Der Oberlausitzer Wald: Seine Geschichte und seine Struktur bis 1945 ; mit 22 Tafeln sowie 33 Tabellen [The Upper Lusatian Forest: Its history and structure up to 1945; with 22 tables and 33 tables]. Oberlausitzer Verlag. p. 60. ISBN 9783933827463.
External links edit
Media related to Uhyst/Delni Wujězd at Wikimedia Commons- On the traces of Gottfried Unterdörfer at Scribd
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