DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Freistaat Sachsen	Saxony
Landkreis: Bautzen

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Königsbrück is situated at an elevation of 174 m on the river Pulsnitz at the edge of the Laußnitzer Heide region of northern Saxony. Kuningensbruk was first mentioned in a document of 1248. The place began to develop near a castle which protected a ford across the river. At that time the river marked the border between the margraviate of Meißen and the Upper Laußnitz region, which belonged to the Kingdom of Bohemia. Throughout the centuries, Königsbrück was known as a town of craftsmen, especially of potters and shoemakers. Industrialization began slowly during the 19th century and did not change the town much, even after Königsbrück was connected in 1884 to the railroad to Dresden/Klotzsche. At the same time, Königsbrück became a garrison town in 1893, and remained so until the re-unification of Germany in 1992.

The town hall [left] was built in 1847–1852 after a fire had destroyed the previous construction. Apart from minor modifications, the design of the town hall basically was the same as the prior building that had been built on this spot in 1801/02. A new addition was the chracteristic sandstone tower. The first town hall was built much earlier, in 1631, and a mayor and seven councillors had already been mentioned in 1437. The picture on the glass shows the town hall in its appearance after the renovations of 1887. The most recent renovations and modernizations of the town hall took place in 1986/87 and 1995–1997.

Glass no. 1885 [near left] shows the entrance to the new barracks (neues Lager) which were built between 1907 and 1910.