Weißwasser (German pronunciation: [ˈvaɪsˌvasɐ] ; Upper Sorbian: Běła Woda [ˈbʲɪwa ˈwɔda] ; Polish: Biała Wodacode: pol promoted to code: pl ; all of them lit. 'White Water') is a town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. Weißwasser is the third largest town in the Görlitz district after Görlitz and Zittau. The town's landmark is its water tower.
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Eisstadion Weißwasser, is an arena in Weißwasser, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey, and is the home to the Lausitzer Füchse of the 2nd Bundesliga. It opened in 1973 and holds 2,750 spectators.
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The Kromlau Azalea and Rhododendron Park is an 80-hectare landscaped park in the village of Kromlau, in the municipality of Gablenz in the region of Lusatia, in the very east of the German state of Saxony, close to the border with Poland. It was created in the nineteenth century, reportedly on the grounds of a former feudal estate, by Friedrich Herrmann Rötschke. Following World War II, the park was nationalized by the government, and has no admission fee. The park is an example of an English landscape garden, and it contains many small ponds and lakes. Its most well-known element is the Rakotz Bridge, a bridge especially built to create a circle when it is reflected in the water beneath it.
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Kromlau is a community of the Saxon municipality of Gablenz in the district of Görlitz, located in the westernmost part of Lower Silesia, Germany. The village is in the Sorbian settlement area of Upper Lusatia and is mainly known for the Azalea and Rhododendron Park Kromlau, the largest rhododendron park in Germany, and its "Devil's Bridge".
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Gablenz is a municipality in the district of Görlitz, in 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.
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Krauschwitz or Krušwica is a municipality in the Görlitz district of Saxony, Germany at the border with Poland. It is situated on the western banks of the Lusatian Neisse river, south of Bad Muskau. The municipality was established on 1 January 1994 by the merger of the villages Klein Priebus, Krauschwitz, Pechern, Podrosche, Sagar, Skerbersdorf, and Werdeck.
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.
The settlement Kruswica, after Upper Sorbian: Krušwa, was first mentioned in a 1400 deed. Most of the area then belonged to the Upper Lusatian Muskau state country, except for the village of Pechern, which - together with abandoned Neudorf - formed the westernmost part of the Silesian Duchy of Żagań.
At Podrosche is a road border crossing to the Polish village of Przewóz.
The town 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.