Guttau (German, ) or Hućina (Upper Sorbian) is a village in the east of Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Malschwitz in the district of Bautzen, and lies northeast of the town of Bautzen/Budyšin. The village is part of the bilingual Sorbian settlement area.
It is situated in the Upper Lusatian plain, south of the so-called Lusatian Lake District.
Guttau/Hućina was previously a municipality consisting of nine villages, from 1996 to 2012. That municipality was merged into Malschwitz/Malešecy on 1 January 2013.
Former municipality From 1996 to 2012, Guttau/Hućina was the name of a municipality (Gemeinde/Gmejny), with nine villages included. Their names are listed below in German and Upper Sorbian.
Brösa/Brězyna Guttau/Hućina Halbendorf/Spree / Połpica Kleinsaubernitz/Zubornička Lieske/Lěskej Lömischau/Lemišow Neudorf/Spree / Nowa Wjes/Sprjewja Ruhethal/Wotpočink Wartha/Stróža
Together, the areas of Guttau and Malschwitz formed the until they merged as one municipality, named Malschwitz/Malešecy, from 2013 onwards.
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