Pulsnitz

Pulsnitz

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Pulsnitz
Location of Pulsnitz within Bautzen district
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Coordinates: 51°10′54″N 14°0′47″E / 51.18167°N 14.01306°E / 51.18167; 14.01306Coordinates: 51°10′54″N 14°0′47″E / 51.18167°N 14.01306°E / 51.18167; 14.01306
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Bautzen
Municipal assoc. Pulsnitz
Government
 • Mayor Peter Graff (FDP)
Area
 • Total 26.72 km2 (10.32 sq mi)
Elevation 290 m (950 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 7,480
 • Density 280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 01896
Dialling codes 035955
Vehicle registration BZ
Website www.pulsnitz.de

Pulsnitz (Upper Sorbian: Połčnica) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Pulsnitz, 11 km southwest of Kamenz, and 24 km northeast of the centre of Dresden.

Pulsnitz became famous for its Pfefferkuchen, a type of Christmas cookie, when in 1558 the bakers of Pulsnitz received permission to bake them. Today there are still eight Pfefferküchlereien bakeries. In 1745 the Pfefferküchler Tobias Thomas was known to be practising his craft in Pulsnitz as well as in Thorn, Prussia now Toruń, Poland, where the famous Thorner Kathrinchen were made. Pulsnitz is informally known as Pfefferkuchenstadt meaning "Gingerbread Town".

The first Protestant missionary to arrive in India, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg was born in Pulsnitz on July 10, 1682.[2]

Sons and daughters of the city

Ernst Rietschel

References

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