An area in eastern
Germany and
Poland, historically two lands. Inhabited by
Wends, or Sorbs, a
Slavic nation with its own language, which has however become a small minority among Germans in the centuries after it was separated from the Lands of the
Czech Crown.
The Sorbian or
Wendic language has two main dialects that match the former administrative division - "Upper Sorbian" in "Upper Lusatia" (bordering the
Czech Republic in the south, and indeed the language is more similar to
Czech), and "Lower Sorbian" in "Lower Lusatia" (more similar to Polish).
The traditional centres of the lands are Bautzen (Budyšin in Sorbian) and Cottbus (Chočebuz).