Bautzen

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Bautzen

(ˈbaʊtsən)

(Placename) a town in E Germany, in Saxony: site of an indecisive battle in 1813 between Napoleon's army and an allied army of Russians and Prussians. Pop: 42 160 (2003 est)

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Bautzen

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Whole nations fought against nations in tremendous battles, at Dresden, Lutzen, and Bautzen, and then it was that France showed extraordinary heroism, for you must all of you bear in mind that in those times a stout grenadier only lasted six months.

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LEARNING SESSION: Fabian Kaulfuerst teaches a class Sorbian at the Sorbian Institute in the eastern German city of Bautzen.

Learning Sorbian in Germany

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