Bernsdorf, Upper Lusatia

Bernsdorf (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁnsˌdɔʁf] (listen), Sorbian languages: Njedźichow) is a town with 6,427 inhabitants in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Kamenz and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Hoyerswerda. The town Bernsdorf consists of Bernsdorf proper and the Ortschaften (municipal divisions) Großgrabe, Straßgräbchen, Wiednitz and Zeißholz.[3]

Bernsdorf
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Bernsdorf within Bautzen district
Bernsdorf
Bernsdorf
Coordinates: 51°22′N 14°4′E
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictBautzen
Subdivisions4
Government
 • Mayor (2019–26) Harry Habel[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total59.65 km2 (23.03 sq mi)
Elevation
152 m (499 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,344
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
02994
Dialling codes035723
Vehicle registrationBZ, BIW, HY, KM
Websitewww.bernsdorf.de

History

Within Prussian Silesia (Province of Silesia 1815–1919 and 1938–41, Province of Lower Silesia 1919–38 and 1941–45), Bernsdorf was part of Landkreis Hoyerswerda. Within the East German Bezirk Cottbus, it was part of Kreis Hoyerswerda. Following German reunification in 1990, Bernsdorf became part of Saxony.

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Bernsdorf is twinned with:

Sons and daughters of the city
  • Gerhard Möhwald (1920–2012), former mayor and honorary citizen
  • Christian Rudolph (born 1949), athlete (hurdles)

References
  1. Wahlergebnisse 2019, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
  3. Hauptsatzung der Stadt Bernsdorf, December 2014.


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