Räckelwitz
| Räckelwitz/Worklecy | ||
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| Coordinates: 51°15′N 14°14′E / 51.250°N 14.233°ECoordinates: 51°15′N 14°14′E / 51.250°N 14.233°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Saxony | |
| District | Bautzen | |
| Municipal assoc. | Am Klosterwasser | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Franz Brußk (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 11.51 km2 (4.44 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) | |
| Population (2016-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,088 | |
| • Density | 95/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 01920 | |
| Dialling codes | 035796 | |
| Vehicle registration | BZ | |
| Website | www.raeckelwitz.de | |
Räckelwitz (Sorbian: Worklecy) is a municipality in Bautzen district, in the state of Saxony, Germany. The municipality of Räckelwitz has a population of 1,170 and is a member of the municipal association "Am Klosterwasser" (Zarjadniski zwjazk „Při Klóšterskej wodźe“).
The municipality is in Upper Lusatia, and is part of the central area of Sorbian settlement. In 2001, 61.9% of people living in the municipality could speak Upper Sorbian.
Räckelwitz is also the name of the largest village in the municipality. The village has a population of 506. Räckelwitz is the birthplace of the well-known Sorbian author Jurij Brězan. The prime minister of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich, was born in Neudörfel/Nowa Wjeska.
Räckelwitz is first mentioned in a document from 1280 which calls it Rokolewicz. From 1304 there was a manor house in the village. The house's last owner, Countess Monika zu Stolberg, bequeathed it the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and from 1903 to 2000, the former manor was a Roman Catholic hospital run by that religious order.
The municipality is approx. 8 km east of the town of Kamenz und 15 km north-west of Bautzen, the capital of the local district. South of Räckelwitz are the "lowlands" (Delany) and the municipalities of Panschwitz-Kuckau and Crostwitz.
Bundesautobahn 4 passes by Räckelwitz by about 6 km to the south. The municipality is located in the west of Upper Lusatia on the edge of the West Lusatian Hills, between the pond region (Teichlandschaft) to the north, and the Lusatian Highlands to the south. Flowing east of Räckelwitz is the Klosterwasser, a tributary of the Black Elster river.
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