Schleife

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Location of Schleife within Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis district
Schleife

Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Admin. region	Dresden
District	Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
Municipal assoc.	Schleife
Local subdivisions	3
Mayor	Hans Hascha
Basic statistics
Area	41.87 km² (16.2 sq mi)
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Population	2,848 (31/12/2006)
- Density	68 /km² (176 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NOL
Postal code	02959
Area code	035773
Website	www.schleife-slepo.de
Coordinates: 51°32′00″N 14°32′00″E / 51.533333, 14.533333

Schleife (IPA: [ˈʃlaɪfə]), Uppersorbian Slepo, is a municipality of 3,000 in northern Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, northeast Saxony, Germany. It is the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schleife (about 5,000 inhabitants).

[edit] 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:

German name	Sorbian name	municipality
Groß Düben	Dźewin	Groß Düben
Halbendorf	Brězowka	Groß Düben
Lieskau	Lěsk
Mühlrose	Miłoraz	Trebendorf
Mulkwitz	Mułkecy	Schleife
Rohne	Rowne	Schleife
Schleife	Slepo	Schleife
Trebendorf	Trjebin	Trebendorf

Lieskau is a special case, it is located in the state of Brandenburg. Since 2003 it belongs to the town of Spremberg.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

Official website (German)
Website of the "Sorbisches Folkloreensemble Schleife" (German)

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v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis

Bad Muskau \| Boxberg \| Gablenz \| Groß Düben \| Hähnichen \| Hohendubrau \| Horka \| Klitten \| Kodersdorf \| Königshain \| Krauschwitz \| Kreba-Neudorf \| Markersdorf \| Mücka \| Neißeaue \| Niesky \| Quitzdorf am See \| Reichenbach \| Rietschen \| Rothenburg \| Schleife \| Schöpstal \| Sohland am Rotstein \| Trebendorf \| Vierkirchen \| Waldhufen \| Weißkeißel \| Weißwasser