Arms of Niesky, Saxony, Germany



 Lynn Atchison Beech
Arms of Niesky, Saxony, Germany

Niesky (-German, Sorbian/Polish: Niska) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 11,000 and is part of the district of Gorlitz.

The town was founded in 1742 by Moravian immigrants. As members of the Moravian Church, they fled from persecution in their Catholic homeland.

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