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Guttau

Guttau (German) or Hućina (Upper Sorbian) is a village in the east of Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Malschwitz in the district of Bautzen, and lies northeast of the town of Bautzen/Budyšin. The village is part of the bilingual Sorbian settlement area.

It is situated in the Upper Lusatian plain, south of the so-called Lusatian Lake District.

Guttau/Hućina was previously a municipality consisting of nine villages, from 1996 to 2012. That municipality was merged into Malschwitz/Malešecy on 1 January 2013.

Former municipality

From 1996 to 2012, Guttau/Hućina was the name of a municipality (Gemeinde/Gmejny), with nine villages included. Their names are listed below in German and Upper Sorbian.

  • Brösa/Brězyna
  • Guttau/Hućina
  • Halbendorf/Spree / Połpica
  • Kleinsaubernitz/Zubornička
  • Lieske/Lěskej
  • Lömischau/Lemišow
  • Neudorf/Spree / Nowa Wjes/Sprjewja
  • Ruhethal/Wotpočink
  • Wartha/Stróža

Together, the areas of Guttau and Malschwitz formed the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Malschwitz [de] until they merged as one municipality, named Malschwitz/Malešecy, from 2013 onwards.

References

  1. ^ "Gemeinde Malschwitz/Gmejny Malešecy" (PDF). Total-Lokal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

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