Sorben/en

"The Sorbian inhabitants of Upper Lusatia have always referred to Bautzen as" Město - town ". The old Sorbian-Wendish name Budyšin - derived from it the German name Bautzen - was mentioned for the first time by Bishop Thiemar von Merseburg in 1002 in the form of BUDUSIN. The meaning of the root word BUD has, though not in Sorbian, preserved as "construction", "built" in neighboring Slavic languages. Even before you reach Bautzen (Budyšin), the towers of the city can be seen in the surrounding countryside. They stretch their spiers as outstretched fingers to the sky, as if they wanted to attract the visitors to draw attention to the changing history of the towers. Situated on the Via Regia, the important traffic connection between Silesia and the Rhine, the city, which was first mentioned for over a thousand years, experienced Bohemian rule, Saxon rule, the period of National Socialism and Socialism. The times were characterized by city fires, the siege by the Hussites, the armies of Wallenstein, Saxony and Sweden, the Battle of Bautzen during the time of the liberation wars and ultimately the Second World War. Through the diligence of the inhabitants the destruction was removed in the respective epoch and the city area expanded. Silent witnesses point to the alternating history in and around the still inner and outer part of the old town center. The uniqueness of Bautzen is also the fact that it is inseparable from the political and cultural center of the Sorbs and thus from the history of the smallest West Slavic people. For these we want to raise awareness and inspire them with our following presentation. This fascination can be experienced in a city tour.

Sorbian history of Bautzen

Smoler'sche bookstore

Since 2006, the Smoler'sche bookstore (Smolarjec kniharnja) of the Domowina Verlags-GmbH is also located in the building Tuchmacherstraße 27. Bound by tradition, the publisher has reverted to its name. The Smoler'sche bookstore (Smolarjec kniharnja) was firstly mentioned as Sorbian bookstore in Bautzen in the 19th century. In 1851, Johann Ernst Schmaler (Jan Arnošt Smoler) opened his first shop in the Reichenturm. Together with Bohuwěr Pjech, he extended his range of books by Slavic literature. In the 20th century, the Sorbian-Slavic bookstore moved into the new building, the Old Sorbian House (Stary Serbski dom), on the Lauengraben. There, the Sorbian bookseller Ernst Simon (Arnošt Simon) took over the task of further distribution and spreading of the printed Sorbian word. Along with the ban on Sorbian in public life by National Socialists in 1937, the Sorbian bookstore was disbanded. In 1950 the bookstore was opened on the Kurt-Pchalek-Strasse 20, first. As early as 1951 the bookstore moved to the Holzmarkt. Later, by the end of 1961, the bookstore was able to offer its wide range of Publisher`s editions in the building on Kurt-Pchalek-Strasse 20, again. After clarification of ownership status and averting insolvency of the publishing company, the publishing bookstore was able to return to its customary rooms located in Pchalek-Straße. Due to associate financial constraints of the Foundation for Sorbian People and after having carried out extension and refurbishment measures it was decided to relocate business premises to Smoler'sch Publishing on Tuchmacherstrasse 27 - in order to save the annual rental expenses. In the second half of the year 2006, the employees of Smoler'sch Publishing were able to develop their extensive activities in a much better environment. Nowadays, this Sorbian bookstore is well-known beyond Lusatia borders as it is the only bookstore in the Federal Republic of Germany that offers the entire publisher`s range. Due to book readings by their authors and presentations of new edition releases the location is popular among Bautzen residents just as among readers throughout Lusatia.

General

• Stiftung für das sorbische Volk – offizielle Webpräsenz
• Project Rastko Lusatia, Digitale Bibliothek über die Lausitzer Sorben des Projekts Rastko (serbisch/mehrsprachig)
• Sorbische Online-Karte (sorbisch/deutsch)
• Die kleine Sprachgeschichte: Sorbisch auf Deutschlandradio Kultur 26. Juli 2012
• Das Wendische Museum Cottbus
• Die Sorben - eine slawische Minderheit in Deutschland - Beitrag des Kirchenhistorikers Prof. Dr. Rudolf Grulich

Research and teaching

• Sorbisches Institut Bautzen
• Institut für Sorabistik der Universität Leipzig
• Niedersorbische Seite der Universität Potsdam
• WITAJ-Sprachzentrum

Media

• Serbske Nowiny SN im Netz
• Obersorbisches Radio im MDR
• Obersorbisches Fernsehen im MDR
• Niedersorbisches Radio im RBB
• Sorbisches Online-Magazin Runjewonline

See also

• Vorlage:Portal einschließlich sorbischer Themen.

Literature

• Vorlage:Literatur
• Kito Lorenc : Serbska čitanka/Sorbisches Lesebuch Verlag Phillip Reclam jun. Leipzig 1981 1. Auflage S. 528 Lizenz-Nr. 363.340/143/81
• Autorenkollektiv: Sorben Serbja Ein kleines Lexikon, VEB Domowina Verlag 1989 1. Auflage ISBN 3-7240-0405-0
• Dietrich Scholze: Budyšin jako centrum kultury a zjawneho žiwjenja Serbow* Lětopis 49 2002 Ausgabe 1 S.3 - 15
• Carmen Schuhmann: Bautzen - Gestern und heute, Sutton Verlag 2014, ISBN: 978-3-95400-415-7
• Jan Brankačk, Frido Mětšk: Geschichte der Sorben, Bd. 1: Von den Anfängen bis 1789. In: Jan Šołta: Geschichte der Sorben: Gesamtdarstellung. VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1977.
• Jan Šołta, Hartmut Zwahr: Geschichte der Sorben, Bd. 2: Von 1789 bis 1917. In: Jan Šołta: Geschichte der Sorben: Gesamtdarstellung. VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1974.
• Karl-Markus Gauß: Die sterbenden Europäer. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 2002, ISBN 978-3-423-30854-0.
• Sabine Hinterhölzl: Die Sorben in der Lausitz. Das „slawische“ Deutschland. Saarbrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-639-28473-7.
• Peter Kunze: Kurze Geschichte der Sorben. Ein kulturhistorischer Überblick. 4. Auflage, Domowina Verlag GmbH, Bautzen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7420-1633-1.
• Peter Kunze: Die Sorben/Wenden in der Niederlausitz. 2. Auflage, Domowina-Verlag GmbH, Bautzen 2000, ISBN 3-7420-1668-7.
• Thomas Pastor: Die rechtliche Stellung der Sorben in Deutschland. Domowina-Verlag GmbH, Bautzen 1997, ISBN 3-7420-1717-9.
• Jasper von Richthofen (Hrsg.): Besunzane – Milzener – Sorben. Die slawische Oberlausitz zwischen Polen, Deutschen und Tschechen. Schriftenreihe der Städtischen Sammlungen für Geschichte und Kultur Görlitz N. F. Band 37, Görlitz, Zittau 2004, ISBN 978-3-932693-90-8.
• Franz Schön und Dietrich Scholze (Hrsg.): Sorbisches Kulturlexikon. Domowina-Verlag GmbH, Bautzen 2014, ISBN 978-3-7420-2229-5.
• Dietrich Scholze: Die Sorben in Deutschland. Sieben Kapitel Kulturgeschichte. Lusatia Verlag, Bautzen 1993, ISBN 3-929091-11-9.

Footnotes

1. Rudolf Hammetz „Bautzen“ Bilder einer Landschaft Anmerkungen zur Stadtgeschichte von Hans Mirtschin Lusatia Verlag Bautzen 1994 ISBN 3-929091-13-5 Klappentext
2. Kito Lorenc : Serbska čitanka/Sorbisches Lesebuch Verlag Phillip Reclam jun. Leipzig 1981 1. Auflage S. 528 Lizenz-Nr. 363.340/143/81
3. Autorenkollektiv: Sorben Serbja Ein kleines Lexikon, VEB Domowina Verlag 1989 1. Auflage ISBN 3-7240-0405-0
4. Dietrich Scholze: Budyšin jako centrum kultury a zjawneho žiwjenja Serbow* Lětopis 49 2002 Ausgabe 1 S.3 - 15
5. Carmen Schumann: Bücher ziehen um, Sächsische Zeitung 12.07.2006