Lusace

The Lusace is an area of the North-East of the Germany, with the borders of the Poland (Silesia) and Czech Republic (Bohemia), in the east of the Saxony and the south of the Brandebourg. Its name is German Lausitz in , Łužica in top Sorabe, Łužyca in bas-sorabe, Łużyce in Polish, Czech Lužice in , Lusatia in Latin English and . Two parts are distinguished: High-Lusace and Low-Lusace.

Areas

Spreewald, crossing of many water ways, this area is known for its agricultural production.
Lausitzer Seenkette (or Seenland) is a landscape of artificial lakes and channels intended for tourism, arranged by using old coal mines to open sky. After some lakes flooded in the years 1950 (Silbersee) and 1970 (Knappensee, Senftenberger See, Erikasee), a plan of installation of the area was set up. Between 2002 and 2018,18 lakes must be flooded. Some of them already reached their final level.
Lausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft is an old area for pisciculture. Oldest to these small lakes go back from the Middle Ages. Maintaining this area lodges many rare animals.
Lausitzer Bergland, Zittauer Gebirge, Lužice Hory and Isergebirge are mountainous regions. The culminating point of Lusace is the Lausche (793 m).

Cities and villages

The most important cities High-Lusace are Bautzen, Görlitz, Löbau, Zittau, Hoyerswerda, Kamenz, Bischofswerda, Lauban (Poland) and Liberec (Czech Republic). Into Low-Lusace are Senftenberg, Cottbus. In Spreewald (literally “forest of Spree”) they are Lübben and Luckau.

In the south, close to the border to Bohemian, one finds also some large villages, specialized in the manufacture of clothing. In this area woodens building representative of traditional local architecture are.

The most important villages are Großschönau, Ebersbach, Oppach, Sohland year der Spree and Wehrsdorf.

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