Niesky

For the community in the United States also known as Niesky, see Hollo, Pennsylvania.

Niesky
Niesky
Location of the town of Niesky within Görlitz district
Coordinates	51°18′N 14°49′E / 51.3°N 14.81667°E / 51.3; 14.81667Coordinates: 51°18′N 14°49′E / 51.3°N 14.81667°E / 51.3; 14.81667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Admin. region	Dresden
District	Görlitz
Mayor	Wolfgang Rückert
Basic statistics
Area	53.61 km2 (20.70 sq mi)
Elevation	172 m  (564 ft)
Population	10,051 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	187 /km2 (486 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	GR
Postal code	02906
Area code	03588
Website	www.niesky.de

Niesky (-German, Sorbian/Polish: Niska) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 11,000 and is part of the district of Görlitz.

The town was founded in 1742 by Bohemian immigrants. As members of the Moravian Church, they fled from persecution in their Catholic homeland. The name Niesky is the Germanised version of the Czech word nízka ("low"). In 1776, at the age of 12, Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe, future designer of the United States Capitol, as well as of the Baltimore Basilica, was sent to the Moravian School at Niesky.

In 1926 the architect Konrad Wachsmann was working in the timber construction firm Christoph & Unmack AG.

Localities of Niesky are Neuhof, Neusärchen, Neuödernitz, Ödernitz, See, Zeche-Moholz, Kosel, Zedlig and Sandschänke.

Twin Town

Niesky is twinned with the French town of Albert.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf.