Bernsdorf, Upper Lusatia

Bernsdorf

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Bernsdorf
Location of Bernsdorf within Bautzen district
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Coordinates: 51°22′N 14°4′E / 51.367°N 14.067°E / 51.367; 14.067Coordinates: 51°22′N 14°4′E / 51.367°N 14.067°E / 51.367; 14.067
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Bautzen
Municipal assoc. Bernartice (Trutnov District)
Government
 • Mayor Harry Habel (CDU)
Area
 • Total 59.65 km2 (23.03 sq mi)
Elevation 152 m (499 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 6,522
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 02994
Dialling codes 035723
Vehicle registration BZ
Website www.bernsdorf.de

Bernsdorf (Sorbian languages: Njedźichow) is a town with 6,427 inhabitants in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Kamenz and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Hoyerswerda.

History

Within Prussian Silesia (Province of Silesia 1815–1919 and 1938–41, Province of Lower Silesia 1919–38 and 1941–45), Bernsdorf was part of Landkreis Hoyerswerda. Within the East German Bezirk Cottbus, it was part of Kreis Hoyerswerda. With German reunification in 1990, Bernsdorf became part of Saxony.

International relations

Bernsdorf is twinned with:

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Gerhard Möhwald (1920–2012), former mayor and honorary citizen
  • Christian Rudolph (born 1949), athlete (hurdles)

References

  1. ↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2017] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). October 2018.


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