Crostwitz

German

Etymology

From Old Sorbian, derived from Proto-Slavic *xvorstъ (“brushwood”). Compare Upper Sorbian Chrósćicy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁɔstvɪts/

Proper noun

Crostwitz n (proper noun, genitive Crostwitz' or (with an article) Crostwitz)

1. A village in Saxony, Germany, today a center of Upper Sorbian culture.

Usage notes

• Upper Sorbian survives as a community language only among the Catholic minority settling in the triangle between Kamenz, Hoyerswerda and Bautzen (excluding all of these towns). Crostwitz, along with neighbouring Ralbitz-Rosenthal, forms the center of this region and retains around 90% Sorbian-speakers.