Lusatia

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cultural region historical region

Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe, spanning parts of eastern Germany and western Poland, known for its distinct Sorbian (West Slavic) cultural and linguistic heritage.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Upper Lusatia 6
Lower Lusatia 3
Lausitz 2
Lusatia (historically) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Bohemia ⓘ
Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lower Silesia ⓘ
Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
crossesModernBorderOf Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
culturalHeritage Sorbian culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sorbs ⓘ
hasMinorityStatusRecognizedFor Sorbian languages ⓘ
Sorbian people ⓘ
hasMinorityStatusRecognizedIn Germany ⓘ
hasMountainRange Lusatian Mountains ⓘ
hasPart Lusatia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower Lusatia

Lusatia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Lusatia
hasProtectedArea Lusatian Lake District ⓘ
historicalAffiliation Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
historicalNameInGerman Lusatia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lausitz
historicalNameInLowerSorbian Łužica ⓘ
surface form: Łužyca
historicalNameInUpperSorbian Łužica ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lower Silesia ⓘ
Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor bilingual German-Sorbian signage ⓘ
open-cast lignite mining areas ⓘ
preservation of Sorbian traditions ⓘ
language Lower Sorbian ⓘ
Upper Sorbian ⓘ
languageFamily West Slavic languages ⓘ
largestCities Bautzen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cottbus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Görlitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zgorzelec ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
eastern Germany ⓘ
western Poland ⓘ
majorRiver Lusatian Neisse ⓘ
surface form: Neisse

Spree ⓘ
minorityLanguageProtected Sorbian languages ⓘ
surface form: Sorbian
partOf Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Sorbs ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silesia → borderedBy → Lusatia ⓘ
Lower Silesia → borders → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lusatia (historically)
Lusatia → hasPart → Lusatia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Lusatia
Lusatia → hasPart → Lusatia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Lusatia
Brandenburg → hasRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lausitz
Saxony → hasRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Lusatia
Lusatia → historicalNameInGerman → Lusatia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lausitz
Görlitz → historicalRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
Sorbs → historicalRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
West Slavs → historicalRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
Rammenau → locatedIn → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Lusatia
Spree → passesThroughRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
Spree → passesThroughRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Lusatia
Spree → passesThroughRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Lusatia
Sorbs → primaryRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
Sorbs → primaryRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Lusatia
Sorbs → primaryRegion → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Lusatia
Schwarze Elster → region → Lusatia ⓘ
Spree → sourceLocation → Lusatia ⓘ
Spree → sourceLocation → Lusatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Lusatia
Sorbian languages → spokenIn → Lusatia ⓘ