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1595:Waldhufen
1575:Schöpstal
1570:Schönbach
1550:Rosenbach
1410:Hähnichen
1039:Town Hall
595:in 1919.
501:Běła Woda
438:UTC+02:00
417:UTC+01:00
412:Time zone
382:Elevation
332:Görlitz
250:Běła Woda
214:Běła Woda
99:Běła Woda
47:Běła Woda
18:Běła Woda
1510:Oderwitz
1495:Neißeaue
1435:Jonsdorf
1420:Herrnhut
1204:attendee
1099:(Poland)
1031:Politics
327:District
1525:Ostritz
1465:Lawalde
1450:Kottmar
1390:Görlitz
1283:14 June
1262:. 2024.
928:±% p.a.
819:±% p.a.
710:±% p.a.
627:Prussia
621:of the
619:subcamp
567:in the
559:History
537:Görlitz
526:Germany
512:) is a
481:Website
308:Germany
304:Country
279:14°38′E
276:51°30′N
71:Library
1610:Zittau
1520:Oppach
1505:Niesky
1104:Sights
1017:−1.01%
1014:19,416
1006:−1.57%
1003:19,615
995:−1.83%
992:19,927
984:−2.52%
981:20,298
973:−4.97%
970:20,823
962:−3.72%
959:21,912
951:−0.91%
948:22,758
940:−3.75%
937:22,966
908:−3.84%
905:23,862
897:−4.95%
894:24,815
886:−4.42%
883:26,107
875:−4.51%
872:27,315
864:−5.59%
861:28,605
853:−2.30%
850:30,300
842:−2.64%
839:31,745
831:+2.27%
828:38,288
799:+2.18%
796:34,994
788:+4.13%
785:32,799
777:+0.13%
774:14,028
766:+1.70%
763:13,844
755:−1.50%
752:12,940
744:+1.07%
741:14,388
733:+3.34%
730:13,494
541:Zittau
535:after
522:Saxony
398:15,136
320:Saxony
1530:Oybin
1475:Löbau
1430:Horka
1256:(XLS)
1151:Sport
1091:Brühl
1011:2010
1000:2009
989:2008
978:2007
967:2006
956:2005
945:2004
934:2003
902:2002
891:2001
880:2000
869:1999
858:1998
847:1997
836:1995
825:1988
793:1984
782:1981
771:1960
760:1950
749:1946
738:1939
727:1933
716:1825
589:glass
466:03576
455:02943
357:Mayor
315:State
1285:2020
1097:Żary
923:Pop.
919:Year
814:Pop.
810:Year
705:Pop.
701:Year
539:and
514:town
442:CEST
369:Area
58:Town
1126:Zoo
1079:NPD
1073:FDP
1064:SPD
1055:CDU
1049:PDS
719:390
516:in
431:DST
421:CET
1639::
1276:.
645:.
528:.
524:,
503:,
499::
1330:e
1323:t
1316:v
1287:.
495:(
444:)
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433:)
423:)
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