Bautzen

American  

[bou-tsuhn] / ˈbaʊ tsən /

noun

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

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Bautzen British  

/ ˈbaʊtsən /

noun

1. 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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Bautzen

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

Lutzen and Bautzen were both dubious victories, but at Dresden the allies were defeated with great loss.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne