Bautzen

Bautzen (, ,  ; ) is a city in eastern Saxony, Germany, and capital of the Bautzen Rural District.KRELL, Detlef. Oberlausitz, Lausitzer Seenland. 3. vyd. Bielefeld: Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump GmbH, 2017. 396 s. ISBN 978-3-8317-2920-3. Kapitola Bautzen – Hauptstadt der Oberlausitz, s. 39. (německy) It is on the Spree River.

In 2005, 42,189 people lived in Bautzen. Asteroid 11580 Bautzen is named in honour of the city.

Bautzen is historical capital of Upper Lusatia, and it is the most important cultural centre of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority.

During World War II and the Nazi era, there was a subcamp of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp in Bautzen. Ernst Thälmann was imprisoned there before being deported to Buchenwald.

After the war Bautzen was well known in the German Democratic Republic because of its prison. Bautzen I was used as an official prison, Bautzen II was a secret prison for prisoners of conscience (people arrested for their political beliefs, not because of an ordinary crime). Bautzen I is still used as a prison, and Bautzen II has been a memorial since 1993.

In 2002 the city commemorated its thousandth birthday.

 Twin cities 
 Worms, since 1990
 Heidelberg, since 1991
 Dreux, France, since 1992
 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic, since 1993
 Jelenia Góra, Poland, since 1993

References

 Other websites 

 Official website 
 Interactive sightseeing tour through Bautzen 
 City and regional portal of Bautzen and the Oberlausitz 

Category:Sorbs
Category:Bautzen Rural District