Ostern in der Oberlausitz!

The Sorbian customs during Easter are special in Lusatia. The brightly decorated eggs are small works of art that are exhibited in museums and sold in special markets. The Easter Egg Museum in Sabrodt and the Schrothholzscheune in Bergen are fascinating insider tips in addition to the Sorbian Cultural Center Loop and the Sorbian Museum in Bautzen. Ten Easter rider processions pass through the region, nine of them with a Sorbian background.

With this path, believers traditionally remember the suffering of Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. It leads from St. Peter's Church through Görlitz city center to what is probably the most faithful copy of the Holy Sepulcher. At the end there is a prayer at the Holy Sepulcher. Like its model in Jerusalem, the Görlitz Way of the Cross is around 1,000 paces long.

According to church information, the procession to the Holy Sepulcher in Görlitz is the largest in central Germany. The complex is considered to be one of the oldest faithful replicas of the Jerusalem burial chapel in Germany. At the end of the 15th century, the Görlitz merchant Georg Emmerich had the holy grave built.

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Unfortunately, your Easter holiday in Upper Lusatia has to be canceled this year? - Not quite! We have put together some traditional techniques for decorating Sorbian Easter eggs with step-by-step instructions for you. At least a piece of Upper Lusatia and Sorbian culture will come directly into your living room!

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The Easter blowing in Bautzen looks back on more than 80 years of tradition. When the wind instruments can be heard on Easter Sunday, the choir starts the Easter message: “Christ is risen”. Hundreds of Bautzen residents and their guests enjoy the atmospheric concert. The city is particularly well-known for egg pushing on Protschenberg, which brings young and old together on Easter Sunday. The colorful market bustle here and in the city center delights the many guests.

An Easter rider procession starts from Bautzen to Radibor and returns from there in the late afternoon. This living tradition has been cultivated for many centuries. About 50 riders carry the Easter message on their richly decorated horses. The Easter riders pray about the resurrection of Christ in Sorbian and German. This Sorbian custom is a unique religious event of supraregional importance.

The Easter bunny Olli visited Upper Lusatia in 2005 and was very happy about the many traditions and customs during Easter. Here he wanted to stay. In Eibau, he finally got the idea of opening his own post office. He now receives more than 2000 letters a year. They don't just come from Germany. He also receives mail from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Switzerland, the USA, Japan, Spain and Norway. The Easter bunny Olli and his wife Lotti Langohr have had their Easter Bunny Post Office in Seifhennersdorffor several years. There they process their letters together with the hard-working employees from the KiEZ "Querxenland". And each and every one of them is carefully answered! Easter wishes, poems, self-painted pictures and stories not only delight the two Easter bunnies.