Guttau

Guttau/Hućina
Village of Malschwitz
Coat of arms
Location of Guttau/Hućina
Guttau/Hućina Guttau/Hućina
Coordinates: 51°15′N 14°34′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Municipality	Malschwitz
Area
• Total	41.66 km2 (16.09 sq mi)
Elevation	146 m (479 ft)
Population  (2011-12-31)
• Total	1,581
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02694
Dialling codes	035932
Vehicle registration	BZ
Website	www.gemeinde-guttau.de

Guttau (German) or Hućina (Upper Sorbian) is a village in the east of Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Malschwitz in the district of Bautzen, and lies northeast of the town of Bautzen/Budyšin. The village is part of the bilingual Sorbian settlement area.

It is situated in the Upper Lusatian plain, south of the so-called Lusatian Lake District.

Guttau/Hućina was previously a municipality consisting of nine villages, from 1996 to 2012. That municipality was merged into Malschwitz/Malešecy on 1 January 2013.

Former municipality

From 1996 to 2012, Guttau/Hućina was the name of a municipality (Gemeinde/Gmejny), with nine villages included. Their names are listed below in German and Upper Sorbian.

• Brösa/Brězyna
• Guttau/Hućina
• Halbendorf/Spree / Połpica
• Kleinsaubernitz/Zubornička
• Lieske/Lěskej
• Lömischau/Lemišow
• Neudorf/Spree / Nowa Wjes/Sprjewja
• Ruhethal/Wotpočink
• Wartha/Stróža

Together, the areas of Guttau and Malschwitz formed the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Malschwitz until they merged as one municipality, named Malschwitz/Malešecy, from 2013 onwards.

External links

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