# Lohsa

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{{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](/source/Statistisches_Landesamt_des_Freistaates_Sachsen). Retrieved 6 July 2023.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2023&ndash;30
|party             = CDU
}}

'''Lohsa''' ([German](/source/German_language), {{IPA|de|ˈloːza|pron}}) or '''Łaz''' ([Upper Sorbian](/source/Upper_Sorbian_language), {{IPA|hsb|ˈwas|pron|Łaz.ogg}}) is a municipality in the [district of Bautzen](/source/Bautzen_(district)), in [Saxony](/source/Saxony), in eastern [Germany](/source/Germany).

The municipality is part of the recognized [Sorbian settlement area](/source/Sorbian_settlement_area) in Saxony. [Upper Sorbian](/source/Upper_Sorbian_language) has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.

==Demographics==
The [Sorbian](/source/Sorbs) 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](/source/Dreiweibern)/Tři Žony
* [Driewitz](/source/Driewitz)/Drěwcy
* [Friedersdorf](/source/Friedersdorf%2C_Lohsa)/Bjedrichecy
* [Groß Särchen](/source/Gro%C3%9F_S%C3%A4rchen)/Wulke Ždźary
* [Hermsdorf/Spree](/source/Hermsdorf%2FSpree)/Hermanecy
* [Koblenz](/source/Koblenz%2C_Lohsa)/Koblicy
* [Lippen](/source/Lippen%2C_Lohsa)/Lipiny
* [Litschen](/source/Litschen)/Złyčin
* Lohsa/Łaz
* [Mortka](/source/Mortka%2C_Lohsa)/Mortkow
* [Riegel](/source/Riegel%2C_Lohsa)/Roholń
* [Steinitz](/source/Steinitz%2C_Lohsa)/Šćeńca
* [Tiegling](/source/Tiegling)/Tyhelc
* [Weißig](/source/Wei%C3%9Fig%2C_Lohsa)/Wysoka
* [Weißkollm](/source/Wei%C3%9Fkollm)/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](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_156), to the west the [B 96](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_96), via which the [B 97](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_97) to the northwest can be reached. 

[Lohsa/Łaz railway station](/source/Lohsa_station) is connected to the [Niesky-Hoyerswerda(-Falkenberg (Elster)-Roßlau (Elbe)) railway line](/source/W%C4%99gliniec%E2%80%93Ro%C3%9Flau_railway) by a [demand stop](/source/request_stop). The RB 64 line ([Hoyerswerda](/source/Hoyerswerda)-[Görlitz](/source/G%C3%B6rlitz)) operates here as the ''Seenland-Neisse-Shuttle''.

==Notable people==
*[Handrij Zejler](/source/Handrij_Zejler) (1804–1872), Sorbian writer and activist, lived and died in Łaz<ref name=sgk/>
*[Martha Israel](/source/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](/source/Speicherbecken_Lohsa)

== References ==
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==External links==
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