Lusatia
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Lusatia, otherwise known as Sorbia, is a region in Central Europe, territorially split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Pulsnitz and Blac
A view of the Lusatian Highlands
Bautzen (Budyšin), capital of Upper Lusatia
Cottbus (Chóśebuz), capital of Lower Lusatia
Lübben (Spreewald) (Lubin (Błota)), former capital of Lower Lusatia
Sorbian languages
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The Sorbian languages are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavic ethno-cultural min
Lusatia
…Gubin) and Gubin, Hoyerswerda (Wojerecy), Senftenberg (Zły Komorow), Eisenhüttenstadt (Pśibrjog), and Spremberg (Grodk). The name derives from the Sorbian word łužicy meaning "swamps" or "water-hole", Germanized as Lausitz. In early medieval sources, written in Latin, various forms were recorded, designating…
Upper Sorbian-German information sign in Nebelschütz
Bilingual street signs in Cottbus (Chóśebuz) in German and Lower Sorbian
Bilingual town sign in Bautzen (Budyšin) with Upper Sorbian
Bilingual information board with Lower Sorbian on the A13