- Schleife
Infobox German Location
Name = Schleife
Slepo
image_photo =
Wappen =
image_photo = Kirche Schleife (2007-05).jpg
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 32
lon_deg = 14 |lon_min = 32
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen
Regierungsbezirk = Dresden
Landkreis = Görlitz
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Schleife
Höhe = 129
Fläche = 41.87
Einwohner = 2848
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 02959
Vorwahl = 035773
Kfz = GR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 2 84 360
Gliederung = 3
Adresse = Friedensstraße 83
02959 Schleife
Adresse-Verband = Friedensstr. 83
Website = [http://www.schleife-slepo.de/ www.schleife-slepo.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans HaschaSchleife (IPA2|ˈʃlaɪfə), Uppersorbian Slepo, is a municipality of 3,000 in northern Görlitz district, northeast
Saxony ,Germany . It is the seat of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schleife" (about 5,000 inhabitants).Administration
During 1990s there were municipal reforms in Saxony to make the administraition more effective and less expensive. In that time Schleife was joined by the two villages of Mulkwitz and Rohne, and the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schleife", based on the parish of Schleife, was established.
The parish of Schleife consits of eight villages, except for Lieskau the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schleife" is formed by them:
Lieskau is a special case, it is located in the state of
Brandenburg . Since 2003 it belongs to the town ofSpremberg .Sorbian culture
Schleife lies within the Sorbian habitat and marks the centre of the smallest dialect of Uppersorbian language, the "Schleifer Dialekt". It is used in Schleife and the surrounding seven villages of the parish of Schleife ("Schleifer Kirchspiel"). Today it is only used by a small fraction of its inhabitants but there are efforts to reestablish it as a second mother tongue. The language is taught in one of the kindergartens ("
Witaj " project) and in local school.Old slavic traditions and festivals are celebrated - by individuals and by groups and organizations like the "Sorbisches Folkloreensemble Schleife".
In the municipality there is a museum of the Sorbs.
External links
* [http://www.schleife-slepo.de Official website] (German)
* [http://www.sorbisches-folkloreensemble-schleife.de/ Website of the "Sorbisches Folkloreensemble Schleife"] (German)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
