Weißenberg is located 16 km east of Bautzen/Budyšin in the region of Lusatia. The town borders Malschwitz/Malešecy and Hohendubrau in the north, Vierkirchen and Löbau in the south, and Hochkirch and Kubschütz in the west. It also borders the district of Görlitz. It's near to the border to the Czech Republic and Poland. The actual town of Weißenberg has 977 inhabitants. Weißenberg was founded in 1228 at the Via Regia by Ottokar I of Bohemia and it used to be called Wizenburg, referring to the town's white castle. Along with Upper Lusatia, it passed to Hungary in 1469, then returned to Bohemia in 1490, in 1635 it passed to Electorate of Saxony. More information...
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