Göda

Göda/Hodźij
Coat of arms
Location of Göda/Hodźij within Bautzen district
Göda/Hodźij Göda/Hodźij
Coordinates: 51°11′N 14°19′E / 51.183°N 14.317°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Subdivisions	32
Government
• Mayor	Peter Beer
Area
• Total	43.26 km2 (16.70 sq mi)
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,063
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02633
Dialling codes	035930, 035937
Vehicle registration	BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Website	www.goeda.de

Göda, in Sorbian Hodźij, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany. It belongs to the district of Bautzen and lies west of the eponymous city.

The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all settlements bear names in both languages.

Geography

The municipality is located within the hills of Upper Lusatia.

Villages

Several villages belong to the municipality:

• Coblenz (Koblicy) with Coblenz, Dobranitz (Dobranecy), Kleinpraga (Mała Praha), Nedaschütz (Njezdašecy), Pietzschwitz (Běčicy) and Zischkowitz (Čěškecy);
• Göda (Hodźij);
• Göda surroundings with Birkau (Brěza), Buscheritz (Bóšericy), Dahren (Darin), Döbschke (Debiškow), Jannowitz (Janecy) and Semmichau (Zemichow);
• Kleinförstchen (Mała Boršć) with Dreistern (Tři Hwězdy), Kleinförstchen, Neu-Bloaschütz (Nowe Błohašecy), Oberförstchen (Hornja Boršć), Preske (Praskow) and Siebitz (Dźiwoćicy);
• Prischwitz (Prěčecy) with Dreikretscham (Haslow), Liebon (Liboń), Muschelwitz (Myšecy), Paßditz (Pozdecy), Prischwitz, Sollschwitz (Sulšecy), Storcha (Baćoń) and Zscharnitz (Čornecy);
• Seitschen (Žičeń) with Kleinseitschen (Žičeńk) and Seitschen;
• Spittwitz (Spytecy) with Leutwitz (Lutyjecy), Neuspittwitz (Nowe Spytecy) and Spittwitz.

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