 It has about 5,066 inhabitants (December 2015) in an area of 21.32 km², a population density of 240 per km².At the Valtenberg there is the source of the river Wesenitz.Nearby communities are Doberschau-Gaußig, Wilthen, Steinigtwolmsdorf and Schmölln-Putzkau in the district of Bautzen and Hohwald in the district of Saxon Switzerland The distance to the biggest towns of the region is 15 km to Bautzen and 12 km to the city of Bischofswerda.