Burkau

Burkau/Porchow
Burkau/Porchow
Municipality
	Aerial panorama of the village
	Coat of arms
	Location of Burkau/Porchow within Bautzen district
	Burkau/Porchow Burkau/Porchow
	Coordinates: 51°11′N 14°11′E / 51.183°N 14.183°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Subdivisions	9
Government
• Mayor (2019–26)	Sebastian Hein (CDU)
Area
• Total	31.83 km2 (12.29 sq mi)
Elevation	231 m (758 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,665
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01906
Dialling codes	035953
Vehicle registration	BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Website	www.gemeinde-burkau.de

Burkau (German) or Porchow (Sorbian, pronounced [ˈpɔʁxɔf]) is a municipality in the east of Saxony, in the district of Bautzen in Germany.

Geography

Burkau is in the northern part of the Bautzen district in a wood rich region in Upper Lusatia. It is about 6 km away - in northern direction - from the city of Bischofswerda and about 16 km - in western direction - from the main city of the district - Bautzen/Budyšin. The inner German motorway A4 between Dresden and Görlitz is near the community and has two direct connections with it. The source of the Klosterwasser/Klóšterska woda is located in the territory of Burkau/Porchow. Nearby in the hills of the western Lusatia there is the source of the Schwarze Elster - one of the most important rivers of this region.

History

In 1164 the village of Burkau has been mentioned for the first time in document - other sources say it happened some hundred years later in 1312 - that is why the real age of it is still not known.

The administrative community that exists today has been formed in 1994 when three formally independent communities decided to unify - those were:

Burkau/Porchow
Uhyst am Taucher/Horni Wujězd
Kleinhänchen/Mały Wosyk

Together with all their smaller communities:

Auschkowitz/Wučkecy
Großhänchen/Wulki Wosyk
Jiedlitz/Jědlica
Neuhof/Nowy Dwór
Pannewitz/Panecy
Taschendorf/Ledźborecy

Sights

The sights of the community are an old manor in Pannewitz, the stone-mill and the "Jiedlitzer Buchholzmühle" in Bocka and the church of Uhyst of the year 1801, now a road church in classic style.

References

^ Wahlergebnisse 2019, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.

External links

Gemeinde Burkau
Autobahnkirche Uhyst a. T. (motorway-church Uhyst a. T.)

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[1] Wahlergebnisse 2019, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.

[2] "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.

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