Uhyst

Uhyst (Upper Sorbian Delni Wujězd) was a municipality in the district Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saxony, Germany. It is now a borough of Boxberg. The forester and poet Gottfried Unterdörfer lived and worked here from 1950 until his death in 1990.

Protestant church in Uhyst
Rittergut Uhyst around 1860, edition by Alexander Duncker
The new palace Uhyst, 2012

Uhyst was renamed Spreefurt during the Nazi era, and regained its original name in 1947.[1]

References

  1. von Vietinghoff-Riesch, Arnold (2004). Der Oberlausitzer Wald: Seine Geschichte und seine Struktur bis 1945 ; mit 22 Tafeln sowie 33 Tabellen [The Upper Lusatian Forest: Its history and structure up to 1945; with 22 tables and 33 tables]. Oberlausitzer Verlag. p. 60. ISBN 9783933827463.

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