What is Hoyerswerda?
{{Infobox German location |image_photo = Marktplatz-Hoyerswerda.JPG |image_caption = View at the Old Town's Market Square |type = Stadt |name = Hoyerswerda |German_name = Hoyerswerda/Wojerecy |image_coa = Wappen Hoyerswerda.PNG |image_plan = Hoyerswerda in BZ.svg |state = Saxony |district = Hoyerswerda |population = 35019 |population_as_of = {{date|2012-12-31}} |pop_ref = <!--[http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/ source]--> |Gemeindeschlüssel = 14625240 |area = 95.06 |elevation = 117 |coordinates = {{coord|51|26|N|14|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |postal_code = 02977 |area_code = 03571, 035722 |licence = BZ, BIW, HY, KM |mayor = Stefan Skora |party = CDU |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |ruling_party1 = CDU |ruling_party2 = Die Wahlplattform für Hoyerswerda |website = {{URL|www.hoyerswerda.de}} |other websites = }} '''Hoyerswerda''' (Upper Sorbian: Wojerecy, Lower Sorbian: Wórjejce) is a city in the north of the Saxonian [[Upper Lusatia]], lying {{convert|35|km|mi|1|abbr=off|lk=on}} north east of Cottbus and {{convert|54|km|mi|1|abbr=off|lk=on}} from [[Dresden]], ([[Saxony]]). It is in the [[Sorbs|Sorbian]] settlement area. The city is one of the six centers of the Free State of Saxony and is a member of the Euroregion [[Neisse]], a group which helps international trade and cooperation in the area. ==History== ===First mention of Hoyerswerda=== The first time Hoyerswerda was mentioned in a document was in 1268. In the year 1371 the emperor [[Karl IV.]] made it a market place. The people were allowed to choose their own council . This right was given to them by ''Baron von Duba''. In the year 1705 the [[Elector]] of [[Saxony]] August the Strong gave Hoyerswerda to Katharina of Teschen. She was an important person in the small town. She helped the town to develop its [[trade]] and [[handicraft]]. In 1759, during the Seven-Years War between [[Prussia]] and Saxony, there was a fight between [[Austria]]n and [[Prussia]]n troops which is called: the [[Battle of Hoyerswerda]]. ===The Pruss