Uhyst

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
Palace
Palace
Uhyst is located in Germany
Uhyst
Uhyst
Coordinates: 51°21′55″N 14°30′24″E
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictGörlitz
Time zoneUTC+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

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

  1. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 764.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 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.



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