Hoyerswerda

Hoyerswerda/Wojerecy
Hoyerswerda/Wojerecy
Town
	View of the Old Town's Market Square
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hoyerswerda/Wojerecy within Bautzen district
	Hoyerswerda/Wojerecy Hoyerswerda/Wojerecy
	Coordinates: 51°26′N 14°15′E / 51.433°N 14.250°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Government
• Lord mayor (2020–27)	Torsten Ruban-Zeh (SPD)
Area
• Total	95.06 km2 (36.70 sq mi)
Elevation	117 m (384 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	31,356
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02977
Dialling codes	03571, 035722
Vehicle registration	BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Website	www.hoyerswerda.de

Hoyerswerda (German: [hɔʏɐsˈvɛʁda] ^ⓘ) or Wojerecy (Upper Sorbian: [ˈwɔjɛʁɛtsɨ] ^ⓘ) is a major district town in the district of Bautzen in the German state of Saxony. It is located in the Sorbian settlement area of Upper Lusatia, in which the Upper Sorbian language is spoken in addition to German.

Hoyerswerda is divided into the Old Town and the New Town, surrounded by village areas. The Old Town is the historical centre with many old houses and sight-seeing attractions, the New Town is more modern and varicoloured. Prior to the renovation of the town, prefabricated apartment blocks predominated in this area.

The town has many lakes, marshes and waterways in its surrounding area, because of its situation in Lusatia. This brings many tourists to spend their holidays there. It is attractive for cyclists and inline skaters who use recently created paths meandering among the lakes.

^ Wahlergebnisse 2020, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.

[1] Wahlergebnisse 2020, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.

[2] "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.

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