Demographics According To The 1900 Census
Share of Sorbs:
- Cottbus (Province of Brandenburg) 55.8%
- Hoyerswerda (Province of Silesia) 37.8%
- Bautzen (Kingdom of Saxony) 17.7%
- Rothenburg (Province of Silesia) 17.2%
- Kamenz (Kingdom of Saxony) 7.1%
Total number: 93,032
The number of Sorbs in Lusatia has decreased since the 1900 census due to intermarriage, cultural assimilation related to industrialization and urbanization, Nazi suppression and discrimination, and the settlement of expelled Germans after World War II, mainly from Lower Silesia and Northern Bohemia.
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