Hochkirch
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English
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[edit]Hochkirch
- A municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
Translations
[edit]municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hoch (“high”) + Kirche (“church”), referring to a church, which was built on the highest point of that place. First mentioned as Bukewiz (possibly derived from Upper Sorbian buk (“beech”)) in a 1222 deed issued by Bishop Bruno II of Meißen; the present German name first appeared in 1671.
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Proper noun
[edit]Hochkirch n (proper noun, genitive Hochkirchs or (optionally with an article) Hochkirch)
- Hochkirch (a municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany)
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