# Wittichenau

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{{Infobox German location
|name              = Wittichenau/Kulow 
|type              = Stadt
|image_photo       = Wittichenau Aerial Pan.jpg
|image_caption     = Aerial panorama of the town
|image_coa            = Wappen wittichenau.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|23|N|14|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Wittichenau in BZ.svg
|state        = Sachsen
|district         = Bautzen 
|elevation              = 127
|area            = 61.02
|postal_code               = 02997
|area_code           = 035725
|licence               = BZ, BIW, HY, KM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14625640
|divisions         = 12 
|website           = [http://www.wittichenau.de/stadt/ www.wittichenau.de/stadt]
|mayor             = Markus Posch<ref>[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-2021-wahlergebnisse.php Wahlergebnisse 2021], Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;28
|party             = CDU
}}
'''Wittichenau''' ([German](/source/German_language), {{IPA|de|vɪtɪçəˈnaʊ|pron|De-Wittichenau.ogg}}) or '''Kulow''' ([Upper Sorbian](/source/Upper_Sorbian_language), {{IPA|hsb|ˈkulɔf|pron|Kulow.ogg}}) is a bilingual town in the [district of Bautzen](/source/Bautzen_(district)) in the [Free State of Saxony](/source/Free_State_of_Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated on the river [Schwarze Elster](/source/Schwarze_Elster), 6&nbsp;km south of [Hoyerswerda](/source/Hoyerswerda).

This small municipality is situated in the heart of bilingual [Lusatia](/source/Lusatia) region which was for long centuries part of the [Bohemian Crown](/source/Lands_of_the_Bohemian_Crown) and was passed to [Saxony](/source/Saxony) in 1635. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, [Slavic](/source/Slavs) Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak [German](/source/German_language). It is part of the recognized [Sorbian settlement area](/source/Sorbian_settlement_area) in Saxony.

== Geography ==
<gallery>
File:Pfarrkirche Wittichenau 4.JPG|Pfarrkirche Wittichenau
File:Ev Kirche Wittichenau 4.JPG|Protestant church in Wittichenau 
File:Markt Wittichenau 2.JPG|Saxon post milestone
File:Krabatsäule Wittichenau.JPG|Column for the title character of ''[Krabat](/source/Krabat)''
File:Neudorfer Weg 1 Wittichenau 2.JPG|School in Wittichenau
</gallery>

==Notable people==

* [Georg August Swotlick](/source/Georg_August_Swotlick) (1650-1729), translated the Bible into [Sorbian](/source/Sorbian_languages) and created the first printed Sorbian dictionary.
* [Mathias Wenzel Jäckel](/source/Mathias_Wenzel_J%C3%A4ckel) (1655-1738), was a prominent baroque sculptor, works can be seen in the Wittichenau Pfarrkirche and on the [Karlsbrücke](/source/Karlsbr%C3%BCcke) in [Prague](/source/Prague).
* [Xaver Jakub Ticin](/source/Xaver_Jakub_Ticin) (1656-1693), wrote the first Upper Sorbian grammar, died near Belgrade as a chaplain in the [Turkish War](/source/Turkish_War).
* [Franz Georg Lock](/source/Franz_Georg_Lock) (1751-1831), bishop.
* Herta Nikovich (1923-1994) left 102,000 dollars as a founder of the "Wittichenau children" - Mrs. Nikovich Foundation for the promotion of education, education, youth welfare and youth welfare for all children of the city of Wittichenau. 
* [Günter Särchen](/source/G%C3%BCnter_S%C3%A4rchen) (1927-2004), Catholic social pedagogue, publicist and pioneer of German-Polish reconciliation, honorary citizen of Wittichenau.
* [Hubertus Zomack](/source/Hubertus_Zomack) (born 1941), Catholic theologian and priest, was [Vicar General](/source/Vicar_General) of the [Bishopric of Görlitz](/source/Bishopric_of_G%C3%B6rlitz).
* [Waltraut Skoddow](/source/Waltraut_Skoddow) (1942-2014), writer.
* [Ulrich Pogoda](/source/Ulrich_Pogoda) (born 1954), Sorbian composer of classical music.
* [Peter Schowtka](/source/Peter_Schowtka) (1945–2022), politician (CDU), deputy in the Saxonian Landtag 1991-2014 and from 1990 to 1994 mayor of Wittichenau.

== See also ==
* [Dubringer Moor](/source/Dubringer_Moor), a local nature reserve

== References ==
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