Bautzen

American

[bou-tsuhn] / ˈbaʊ tsən /

noun

a city in E Germany, on the Spree River: scene of defeat of Prussian and Russian armies by Napoleon I, 1813.

Bautzen British

/ ˈbaʊtsən /

noun

a town in E Germany, in Saxony: site of an indecisive battle in 1813 between Napoleon's army and an allied army of Russians and Prussians. Pop: 42 160 (2003 est)

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And Alexander Ahrens, the mayor of Bautzen, said Saxony has been slow to address its neo-Nazi problem, with previous state leaders reluctant to tackle it.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2022

In areas like Bautzen, that drops to 51 percent.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2022

Deutsche Welle reports that police intervened in protests in Rostock and Bautzen, though many of the protests were peaceful.

From Washington Times • Jan. 18, 2022

Such talk worries Sven Scheidemantel, a local politician and chairman of a pro-refugee group, Welcome to Bautzen.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2016

After the battle of Bautzen he was created by Napoleon a count of the empire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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