Hoyerswerda
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Hoyerswerda or Wojerecy is a major district town in the district of Bautzen in the German state of Saxony. It is located in the Sorbian settlement area of Upper Lusatia, in which the Upper Sorbian lan
View of the Old Town's Market Square
View at the New Town's Lusatian Square (Lausitzer Platz)
Hoyerswerda Castle in the 18th century
GDR type housing built in the 1950s
Ruhland
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Ruhland is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 12 kilometres southwest of Senftenberg.
Town square
Aerial view from 1915
Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)