Lohsa

Lohsa/Łaz
Lohsa/Łaz
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lohsa/Łaz within Bautzen district
	Lohsa/Łaz Lohsa/Łaz
	Coordinates: 51°23′2″N 14°24′12″E / 51.38389°N 14.40333°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Government
• Mayor (2023–30)	Thomas Leberecht (CDU)
Area
• Total	134.36 km2 (51.88 sq mi)
Elevation	114 m (374 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	5,145
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02999
Dialling codes	035724/035726
Vehicle registration	BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Website	Einheitsgemeinde Lohsa

Lohsa (German) or Łaz (Upper Sorbian, pronounced [ˈwas]) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, in eastern Germany.

The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.

Demographics

The Sorbian population of the village was 358 in 1840, 355 in 1860, and 400 in 1880.^[3]

Villages

Several villages belong to the municipality (names given in German/Upper Sorbian):

Dreiweibern/Tři Žony
Driewitz/Drěwcy
Friedersdorf/Bjedrichecy
Groß Särchen/Wulke Ždźary
Hermsdorf/Spree/Hermanecy
Koblenz/Koblicy
Lippen/Lipiny
Litschen/Złyčin
Lohsa/Łaz
Mortka/Mortkow
Riegel/Roholń
Steinitz/Šćeńca
Tiegling/Tyhelc
Weißig/Wysoka
Weißkollm/Běły Chołmc

Economy and Infrastructure

Education

The municipality of Lohsa has a primary school in Groß Särchen and a secondary school.

Traffic

To the east of the municipality runs the B 156, to the west the B 96, via which the B 97 to the northwest can be reached. Lohsa is connected to the Niesky-Hoyerswerda(-Falkenberg (Elster)-Roßlau (Elbe)) railway line by a demand stop. The RB 64 line (Hoyerswerda-Görlitz) operates here as Seenland-Neisse-Shuttle.