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The Sorb minority continues to live in the region. They still speak their language, and road signs are usually bilingual.

The region is divided into two parts.

Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz) belongs to Saxony; it consists of hilly countryside rising to the Lausitzer Bergland (Lusatian hills) near the Czech border, which rises even higher to form the Lusatian Mountains (Lužické hory/Lausitzer Gebirge) in the Czech Republic.

Most of the portion belonging to Brandenburg is called Lower Lusatia (Niederlausitz), and is characterised by forests and meadows. In the course of much of the 19th and the entire 20th century, it was shaped by lignite industry and extensive open-cast mining. Important towns include Cottbus, Lübben , Lübbenau , Spremberg , Finsterwalde , Senftenberg .

Upper Lusatia is characterised by fertile soils and soft hills, as well as historic towns and cities such aus Hoyerswerda , Bautzen, Kamenz , Görlitz, Luban, Löbau (Lusatia) , BischofswerdaBischofswerda (Lusatian: Biskupicy is a city in Germany. As of 2001, the population is 13,907. It is located in Bautzen district. External links ., ZittauZittau is a city in the south east of Saxony, Germany and capital of the Lobau-Zittau district an in the Three-landhit a corner Germany Poland Czech Republic In the city life 26..

Lusatia is not an administrative unit, though the city of Cottbus (Chosebuz) may be regarded as the capital to the region. (Historically, Luckau (Lukow) was Lower Lusatia's capital. Bautzen (Budyšin) is often regarded as the capital of Upper Lusatia.) There have been endeavours by the Sorbs to create a Lusatian Free State in the past - particularly after World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, when the Sorbian National Committee demanded that Lusatia be attached to CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ( Czech: Ceskoslovensko Slovak: Cesko-Slovensko before 1990 Ceskoslovensko ) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Repu. Currently, a Görlitz-based initiative demands a Lusatian Free State.

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Share of WendsThe Wends are partly a term by some held equivalent to Vandals through a latinized form of Wendland, and partly a German abbrevation (also often used in English) for some Slavic people from north-central Europe. The term has not historically enjoyed consi:

• Cottbus (Provinz Brandenburg) 55,8 %
• Hoyerswerda (Provinz Schlesien) 37,8 %
• Bautzen (Königreich Sachsen) 17,7 %
• Rothenburg i. d. Oberlausitz (Provinz Schlesien) 17,2 %
• Kamenz (Königreich Sachsen) 7,1 %

Total number: 93,032 The number of Wends decreased due to Germanisation.