Editing Sorbs (section)

===Relations with Czechia===
[[File:Kamenzer St.-Marien-Kirche (12).JPG|thumb|upright|Golden [[Coat of arms of the Czech Republic|Czech Lion]] at the top of the St. Mary's church in [[Kamenz]] ({{langx|hsb|link=no|Kamjenc}}, {{langx|cs|link=no|Kamenec}})]]
Lusatia was partly or wholly part of the Czech Duchy or Kingdom (also known as Bohemia in the west) at various times between 1075 and 1635, and several remnants of Czech rule can be found in the region. When Lusatia returned from German to Bohemian (Czech) rule, Sorbs were allowed to return to cities, offices and crafts, and the Sorbian language could be used in public.{{sfn|Golecka|2003|p=58}} As result, it was in the lands under Czech rule that the Sorbian culture and language persisted, while the more western original Sorbian territory succumbed to Germanization policies. One of the remnants of Czech rule in the region are the many town coats of arms that include the [[Coat of arms of the Czech Republic|Czech Lion]], as in [[Drebkau]] (''Drjowk''), [[Görlitz]] (''Zhorjelc''), [[Guben]] (''Gubin''), [[Kamenz]] (''Kamjenc''), [[Löbau]] (''Lubij'') and [[Spremberg]] (''Grodk'').

In 1706 the Catholic Sorbian Seminary was founded in [[Prague]].{{sfn|Matyniak|1968|p=241}} In 1846, the {{ill|Serbowka|hsb|v=sup}} organization was founded by Sorbian students in Prague, and it issued the ''{{ill|Kwětki|hsb|v=sup}}'' magazine until 1892.

Calls for the incorporation of Lusatia into [[Czechoslovakia]] were made after Germany's defeats in both world wars. In 1945, the Czechs established a gymnasium for the Sorbs in [[Česká Lípa]], then relocated to [[Varnsdorf]] in 1946 and to [[Liberec]] in 1949, however, the Sorbs took their high school diploma in Bautzen after a Sorbian high school was established there.<ref>Pałys, pp. 89–90</ref>