Place · region

Lusatia

Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe between the Elbe and the Oder, divided into Upper and Lower Lusatia and today split between Germany and Poland. It is the home of the Sorbs, a Slavic people. Both parts belonged to the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from the fourteenth century until 1635, when they passed to Saxony; in 1815 most of the region went to Prussia.

Lusatia
Image: NordNordWest · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 4 profiles

Margraviate of BrandenburgImpactKingdom of BohemiaGovernance, DeclineElectorate of SaxonySocioeconomyHabsburg MonarchyFoundation

Mentioned in 6 state histories

SorbsDuchy of PolandMargraviate of Lower LusatiaPrince-Bishopric of MeissenKingdom of BohemiaDuchy of Saxe-Merseburg

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lusatia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lusatia
MLA
“Lusatia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lusatia. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Lusatia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lusatia.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Lusatia’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lusatia (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻