Bernsdorf (; ) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany. The town has 6,427 residents. It is north of Kamenz and southwest of Hoyerswerda. The town Bernsdorf consists of Bernsdorf proper and the Ortschaften (municipal divisions) Großgrabe, Straßgräbchen, Wiednitz and Zeißholz.Hauptsatzung der Stadt Bernsdorf, December 2014.
History Within Prussian Silesia (Province of Silesia 1815–1919 and 1938–41, Province of Lower Silesia 1919–38 and 1941–45), Bernsdorf was part of Landkreis Hoyerswerda. Within the East German Bezirk Cottbus, it was part of Kreis Hoyerswerda. Following German reunification in 1990, Bernsdorf became part of Saxony.
International relations
Bernsdorf is twinned with: Quinsac (France), since 2006 Steinenbronn (Germany), since German reunification
Sons and daughters of the city
Gerhard Möhwald (1920–2012), former mayor and honorary citizen Christian Rudolph (born 1949), athlete (hurdles)
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