The Sorbian settlement area commonly makes reference to the area in the east of Saxony and the South of Brandenburg in which the West Slavic people of the Sorbs live autochthonously. In colloquial German, it is called Sorbenland ; before 1945 also – sometimes pejoratively – called Wendei.
Bilingual town sign and bilingual street name sign
Settlement area according to Smoler 1843. 40 years later, Muka found a larger settlement area.
Bautzen or Budyšin, until 1868 Budissin in German, is a town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river, is the eighth most populous town in Saxony, and is the seat of Saxony's largest district. Bautzen lies in the bilingual Sorbian settlement area of Lusatia, and is Lusatia's third-largest town after Cottbus and Görlitz, as well as the second-largest town in Upper Lusatia.
Image: Bautzen Altstadt 57
Image: Bautzen Hauptmarkt 03 ies
Image: Budyšin Radnica 2
Image: Fußgängerzone in Bautzen