Guttau

Village of Malschwitz in Saxony, Germany

51°15′N 14°34′E / 51.250°N 14.567°E / 51.250; 14.567CountryGermanyStateSaxonyDistrictBautzen MunicipalityMalschwitzArea • Total41.66 km² (16.09 sq mi)Elevation146 m (479 ft)Population • Total1,581 • Density38/km² (98/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes035932Vehicle registrationBZWebsitewww.gemeinde-guttau.de

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.

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]

Former municipality

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.

• Brösa/Brězyna
• Guttau/Hućina
• Halbendorf/Spree / Połpica
• Kleinsaubernitz/Zubornička
• Lieske/Lěskej
• Lömischau/Lemišow
• Neudorf/Spree / Nowa Wjes/Sprjewja
• Ruhethal/Wotpočink
• Wartha/Stróža

Together, the areas of Guttau and Malschwitz formed the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Malschwitz [de] until they merged as one municipality, named Malschwitz/Malešecy, from 2013 onwards.

References

External links

Media related to Guttau/Hućina at Wikimedia Commons