Uhyst
Delni Wujězd
Palace
Palace
Uhyst is located in Germany
Uhyst
Uhyst
Coordinates: 51°21′55″N 14°30′24″E / 51.36528°N 14.50667°E / 51.36528; 14.50667
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictGörlitz
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Uhyst (Upper Sorbian Delni Wujězd) was a municipality in the district Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saxony, Germany. Since 2007, it is part of Boxberg.

It is located in Lusatia, and is officially bilingual (German and Upper Sorbian), as it is inhabited by the indigenous Sorbs.

History

A Catholic chapel was built by 1342.[1] As of 1885, the village had a population of 451, and there was a Sorbian Lutheran school.[1]

Uhyst was renamed Spreefurt during the Nazi era, and regained its original name in 1947.[2]

The forester and poet Gottfried Unterdörfer lived and worked here from 1950 until his death in 1990.

References

  1. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 764.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ von Vietinghoff-Riesch, Arnold (2004). Der Oberlausitzer Wald: Seine Geschichte und seine Struktur bis 1945 ; mit 22 Tafeln sowie 33 Tabellen [The Upper Lusatian Forest: Its history and structure up to 1945; with 22 tables and 33 tables]. Oberlausitzer Verlag. p. 60. ISBN 9783933827463.

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