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Lohsa (German) or Łaz (Upper Sorbian, pronounced [ˈwas]) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany.
The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.
Demographics
The Sorbian population of the village was 358 in 1840, 355 in 1860, and 400 in 1880.
Villages
Several villages belong to the municipality (names given in German/Upper Sorbian):
Dreiweibern/Tři Žony
Driewitz/Drěwcy
Friedersdorf/Bjedrichecy
Groß Särchen/Wulke Ždźary
Hermsdorf/Spree/Hermanecy
Koblenz/Koblicy
Lippen/Lipiny
Litschen/Złyčin
Lohsa/Łaz
Mortka/Mortkow
Riegel/Roholń
Steinitz/Šćeńca
Tiegling/Tyhelc
Weißig/Wysoka
Weißkollm/Běły Chołmc
Economy and Infrastructure
= Education
=The municipality of Lohsa has a primary school in Groß Särchen and a secondary school.
= Traffic
=To the east of the municipality runs the B 156, to the west the B 96, via which the B 97 to the northwest can be reached. Lohsa is connected to the Niesky-Hoyerswerda(-Falkenberg (Elster)-Roßlau (Elbe)) railway line by a demand stop. The RB 64 line (Hoyerswerda-Görlitz) operates here as Seenland-Neisse-Shuttle.
Notable people
Handrij Zejler (1804–1872), Sorbian writer and activist, lived and died in Łaz
Martha Israel (1905–c. 1967), politician
Gallery
See also
Speicherbecken Lohsa
References
External links
Media related to Lohsa at Wikimedia Commons