Mücka Explained

Mücka/Mikow
Image Coa:Wappen-muecka.png
Coordinates:51.3167°N 56°W
Image Plan:Mücka in GR.svg
State:Sachsen
District:Görlitz
Verwaltungsverband:Diehsa
Elevation:142
Area:24.31
Postal Code:02906
Area Code:035893
Licence:GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
Gemeindeschlüssel:14626320
Divisions:3
Mayor:Uwe Blättner[1]
Leader Term:2022 - 29

Mücka (German) or Upper Sorbian: Mikow|italics=no|label=none (Upper Sorbian, pronounced as /hsb/) is a municipality in the district of Görlitz, Saxony, 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.

Four villages are in the municipality; names in German and Upper Sorbian, populations as of 2022:[2]

History and notable places

The area is within the UNESCO, part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.[3]

The Church of Förstgen/Dołha Boršć dates from the 16th century. Förstgen/Dołha Boršć was initially in the parish of Baruth/Bart. The church was damaged in the Second World War. After renovations, it officially reopened in 1955.[4]

In the time of the GDR, the areas of the present municipality were in the district/Kreis Niesky in the Bezirk Dresden. The municipality of Mücka/Mikow was created in 1994.

Mücka/Mikow train station is on the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway.

Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-wahlergebnisse-2022.php Wahlergebnisse 2022
  2. https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/html/bevoelkerungsstand-einwohner.html Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Sachsens am 31. Dezember 2022
  3. Web site: Centuries-old Fish Farming; and Germany's Most Beautiful Meadow . UNESCO Germany.
  4. https://www.sachsen-lausitz.de/teichland/foerstgen-kirche.html Die Kirche in Förstgen in der Lausitz in Sachsen