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Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
 
Hoyerswerda is a town in the German Bundesland of Saxony, which is located in Lusatia, a place where people speak in Sorbian language other than German. It was initially mentioned in 1268 and in 1371, it got municipal rights in 1423 with the right to elect its council. This right was presented by the Freiherr von Duba. In the 18th century, elector August der Starke gave the dukedom of Hoyerswerda to Katherina von Teschen. She assisted the city to develop trade. In the seven year war between Prussia and Austria, a battle took place, which was known as Schlacht von Hoyerswerda. In 1815 Hoyerswerda became a Prussian town and belonged to the Prussian region of lower Silesia.
 
At the end of the Second World War, Hoyerswerda was declared as a center of German defence and as a result was damaged due to fire. The lignite processing enterprise of Schwarze Pumpe was established in 1955 in Hoyerswerda. Presently, it is in the federal state of Brandenburg and from 1957, demands for new living space rose noticeably. In following next 10 years, new residential areas with many apartments were built. In 1981, Hoyerswerda reached its maximum number of inhabitants with about 71,054 people living there.
 
Hoyerswerda is considered as the preeminent, historical and potential tourism destination that enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers to become one of the most visited places.
 

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