{{Infobox German location |name = Lohsa/Łaz |image_photo = |image_coa = Wappen lohsa neu.png |coordinates = {{coord|51|23|2|N|14|24|12|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Lohsa in BZ.svg |state = Sachsen |district = Bautzen |elevation = 114 |area = 134.53 |postal_code = 02999 |area_code = 035724/035726 |licence = BZ, BIW, HY, KM |Gemeindeschlüssel = 14625330 |website = [http://www.lohsa.de/ Einheitsgemeinde Lohsa] |mayor = Thomas Leberecht<ref>[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-wahlergebnisse-2023.php Wahlergebnisse 2023], Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. Retrieved 6 July 2023.</ref> |leader_term = 2023–30 |party = CDU }}
'''Lohsa''' (German, {{IPA|de|ˈloːza|pron}}) or '''Łaz''' (Upper Sorbian, {{IPA|hsb|ˈwas|pron|Łaz.ogg}}) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany.
The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.
==Demographics== The Sorbian population of the village was 358 in 1840, 355 in 1860, and 400 in 1880.<ref name=sgk>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V|year=1884|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=616}}</ref>
== Villages == Several villages belong to the municipality (names given in German/Upper Sorbian):
* Dreiweibern/Tři Žony * Driewitz/Drěwcy * Friedersdorf/Bjedrichecy * Groß Särchen/Wulke Ždźary * Hermsdorf/Spree/Hermanecy * Koblenz/Koblicy * Lippen/Lipiny * Litschen/Złyčin * Lohsa/Łaz * Mortka/Mortkow * Riegel/Roholń * Steinitz/Šćeńca * Tiegling/Tyhelc * Weißig/Wysoka * Weißkollm/Běły Chołmc
==Economy and Infrastructure== ===Education=== The municipality of Lohsa has a primary school in Groß Särchen and a secondary school.
===Traffic=== To the east of the municipality runs the B 156, to the west the B 96, via which the B 97 to the northwest can be reached.
Lohsa/Łaz railway station is connected to the Niesky-Hoyerswerda(-Falkenberg (Elster)-Roßlau (Elbe)) railway line by a demand stop. The RB 64 line (Hoyerswerda-Görlitz) operates here as the ''Seenland-Neisse-Shuttle''.
==Notable people== *Handrij Zejler (1804–1872), Sorbian writer and activist, lived and died in Łaz<ref name=sgk/> *Martha Israel (1905–{{circa|1967}}), politician<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pawlowski |first=Rita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2e4iAQAAIAAJ&q=martha+israel+Lohsa |title=Unsere Frauen stehen ihren Mann: Frauen in der Volkskammer der DDR 1950 bis 1989 : ein biographisches Handbuch |date=2008 |publisher={{ill|Trafo Verlagsgruppe|de}} |isbn=978-3-89626-652-1 |location=Berlin |pages=126 |language=de |trans-title=Our Women Stand Their Ground: Women in the People's Chamber of the GDR, 1950 to 1989: a Biographical Handbook |oclc=277197894}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Rathaus Lohsa 2.JPG|Municipal building File:Kirche Lohsa.JPG|Church File:Mittelschule Lohsa.JPG|School File:Fledermausschloss Weißig Lohsa.JPG|Castle in Weißig/Wysoka </gallery>
==See also== *Speicherbecken Lohsa
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} {{Cities and towns in Bautzen (district)}}
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