Upper Lusatian Gefilde

The Kotitzer Wasser stream with a view of the Upper Lusatian Highlands

The Upper Lusatian Gefilde[1] (German: Oberlausitzer Gefilde or sometimes Bautzener Gefilde, Upper Sorbian: Hornjołužiska pahórčina) is a natural region in Saxony near the German tripoint with the Czech Republic and Poland. It is considered part of the Saxon Loess Fields and the Western Sudetes range. Gefilde is German for "fields"[2] or "country".

References

1. Enter the Past: The E-way Into the Four Dimensions of Cultural Heritage : CAA 2003, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology p. 267; Proceedings of the 31st Conference, Archaeopress, Vienna, Austria, April 2003.
2. Worsch, Wolfgang (2004). Langenscheidt Muret-Sanders Großwörterbuch, Teil II, Deutsch-Englisch , Langenscheidt KG, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, New York. ISBN 3-468-02126-7.

Literature

• Karl Mannsfeld, Hans Richter (ed.): Naturräume in Sachsen. Trier, 1995.
• Rochus Schrammek: Verkehrs- und Baugeschichte der Stadt Bautzen. Bautzen, 1984.

External links

• Regional grouping, sub-grouping and overview map as part of the planning region of Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia, retrieved 11 March 2012