Niesky
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Location of the town of Niesky within Görlitz district
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| Coordinates | 51°18′N 14°49′E / 51.3°N 14.81667°ECoordinates: 51°18′N 14°49′E / 51.3°N 14.81667°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| Admin. region | Dresden |
| District | Görlitz |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Rückert |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 53.61 km2 (20.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Population | 10,051 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 187 /km2 (486 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | GR |
| Postal code | 02906 |
| Area code | 03588 |
| Website | www.niesky.de |
Niesky (-German, Sorbian/Polish: Niska) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 11,000 and is part of the district of Görlitz.
The town was founded in 1742 by Bohemian immigrants. As members of the Moravian Church, they fled from persecution in their Catholic homeland. The name Niesky is the Germanised version of the Czech word nízka ("low"). In 1776, at the age of 12, Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe, future designer of the United States Capitol, as well as of the Baltimore Basilica, was sent to the Moravian School at Niesky.
In 1926 the architect Konrad Wachsmann was working in the timber construction firm Christoph & Unmack AG.
Localities of Niesky are Neuhof, Neusärchen, Neuödernitz, Ödernitz, See, Zeche-Moholz, Kosel, Zedlig and Sandschänke.
[edit] Twin Town
Niesky is twinned with the 
French town of Albert.
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