Guttau
Village of Malschwitz in Saxony, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Village of Malschwitz in Saxony, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guttau (German) or Hućina (Upper Sorbian) is a village in the east of Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Malschwitz in the district of Bautzen, and lies northeast of the town of Bautzen/Budyšin. The village is part of the bilingual Sorbian settlement area.
Guttau Hućina | |
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Coordinates: 51°15′N 14°34′E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony |
District | Bautzen |
Municipality | Malschwitz |
Area | |
• Total | 41.66 km2 (16.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 146 m (479 ft) |
Population (2011-12-31) | |
• Total | 1,581 |
• Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 02694 |
Dialling codes | 035932 |
Vehicle registration | BZ |
Website | www.gemeinde-guttau.de |
It is situated in the Upper Lusatian plain, south of the so-called Lusatian Lake District.
Guttau/Hućina was previously a municipality consisting of nine villages, from 1996 to 2012. That municipality was merged into Malschwitz/Malešecy on 1 January 2013.[1]
From 1996 to 2012, Guttau/Hućina was the name of a municipality (Gemeinde/Gmejny), with nine villages included. Their names are listed below in German and Upper Sorbian.
Together, the areas of Guttau and Malschwitz formed the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Malschwitz until they merged as one municipality, named Malschwitz/Malešecy, from 2013 onwards.
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