Weißenberg
Weißenberg/Wóspork | |
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.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Weißenberg/Wóspork within Bautzen district  | |
  Weißenberg/Wóspork  Weißenberg/Wóspork | |
| Coordinates: 51°11′49″N 14°39′34″E / 51.19694°N 14.65944°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Bautzen |
| Subdivisions | 15 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jürgen Arlt (non-party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50.92 km2 (19.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,062 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 02627 |
| Dialling codes | 035876 |
| Vehicle registration | BZ, BIW, HY, KM |
| Website | www.stadt-weissenberg.de |
Weißenberg (Upper Sorbian: Wóspork) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 11 km north of Löbau, and 16 km east of Bautzen.
Notable people
- Pawoł Nedo (1908–1984), educator and anthropologist Sorbian, Chairman of the Domowina
- Benno von Heynitz (1924–2010), resistance fighter and lawyer, founder of Bautzen Committee e. V. and the Bautzen Memorial
- Wolfgang Beyer, city historian and former director of the outpatient clinic
In fiction
In James P. Hogan's science fiction novel The Proteus Operation, Weißenberg was the location of a time machine in Nazi Germany.
References
- ^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
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