Görlitz

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Grlitz ([lts] ; Upper Sorbian: Zhorjelc [zhlts]; Polish: Zgorzelec; Czech: Zhoelec; East Lusatian: Gerlz, Gerltz, Gerltsch) is a town in the German state of Saxony. It is on the river Lusatian Neisse and is the largest town in Upper Lusatia as well as the second-largest town in the region of Lusatia after Cottbus. Grlitz is the easternmost town in Germany (the easternmost village being Zentendorf (ec)) and lies opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was the eastern part of Grlitz until 1945. The town has approximately 56,000 inhabitants, which make Grlitz the sixth-largest town in Saxony. It is the seat of the district of Grlitz. Together with Zgorzelec it forms the Euro City of Grlitz/Zgorzelec, which has a combined population of around 86,000. Whilst not Lusatiophone itself, the town is situated just east of the Sorbian-speaking parts of Lusatia.The town's recorded history began in the 11th century as a Sorbian settlement. Through its history it has been under German, Czech (Bohemian), Polish and Hungarian rule, the last three by invasion. From 1815 until 1918 Grlitz belonged to the Province of Silesia in the Kingdom of Prussia and later to the Province of Lower Silesia in the Free State of Prussia it was the Silesian provinces' largest town west of the Oder-Neisse line, and hence Grlitz became part of East Germany from 1949 until German reunification in 1990.