Editing Lusatia (section)

=== Saxon rule ===
[[File:Lausitz map 18thC.jpg|thumb|upright|Map of the Lusatias by [[Johann Homann|J.B. Homann]], about 1715]]
[[File:Lusatia - Herman Moll.jpg|thumb|Lusatia as part of Saxony in 18th century by [[Herman Moll]]. Included cities [[Guben]], [[Görlitz]], [[Bautzen|Baudissen]], [[Cottbus]], [[Lübben (Spreewald)|Luben]] and [[Żary|Soraw]] (Żary).]]
According to the 1635 [[Peace of Prague (1635)|Peace of Prague]], most of Lusatia became a province of the [[Electorate of Saxony]], except for the region around Cottbus possessed by Brandenburg. After the Saxon elector [[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus the Strong]] was elected king of [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Poland]] in 1697, Lusatia became strategically important as the elector-kings sought to create a land connection between their Saxon homelands and the Polish territories. Two main routes connecting [[Warsaw]] and [[Dresden]] ran through the region in the 18th century and Kings [[Augustus II the Strong]] and [[Augustus III of Poland]] often traveled the routes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dresden-warszawa.eu/pl/prolog/informacja-historyczna/|title=Informacja historyczna|website=Dresden-Warszawa|access-date=22 October 2023|language=pl}}</ref> Numerous Polish dignitaries also traveled through Lusatia on several occasions, and some [[Szlachta|Polish nobles]] owned estates in Lusatia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Matyniak|first=Alojzy S.|year=1968|title=Kontakty kulturalne polsko-serbołużyckie w XVIII w.|journal=Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka|publisher=[[Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich]]|location=Wrocław|language=pl|volume=XXIII|issue=2|page=243}}</ref> A distinct remnant of the region's ties to Poland are the 18th-century [[milepost]]s decorated with the [[coat of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] located in various towns in the region. Polish-Sorbian contacts increased in that period. With the [[Age of Enlightenment]], the Sorbian national revival began and resistance to Germanization emerged.<ref>Matyniak, p. 241</ref>

[[File:A new and accurate Map of Saxony, part of Brandenburg, Silesia, Poland and Bohemia.jpg|thumb|A map of Saxony consisting of Dutchy of Saxony, Marquisat of Lusatia and Marquisat of Misnia (by J. Hinton in 1756)]]
[[Herrnhut]], between [[Löbau]] and [[Zittau]], founded in 1722 by religious refugees from [[Moravia]] on the estate of Count [[Nicolaus Zinzendorf]] became the starting point of the organized [[Protestant]] [[missionary]] movement in 1732 and missionaries went out from the [[Moravian Church]] in Herrnhut to all corners of the world to share the Gospel.

The newly established [[Kingdom of Saxony]], however, sided with [[Napoleon]]; therefore, at the 1815 [[Congress of Vienna]], Lusatia was divided, with Lower Lusatia and the northeastern part of Upper Lusatia around [[Hoyerswerda]], [[Rothenburg, Oberlausitz|Rothenburg]], [[Görlitz]], and [[Lubań|Lauban]] awarded to [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]. Only the southwestern part of Upper Lusatia, which included [[Löbau]], [[Kamenz]], [[Bautzen]], and [[Zittau]], remained part of Saxony.