Görlitz

Meaning

1. (neuter,proper-noun) Görlitz (a town and rural district of Saxony, Germany)
2. (historical,neuter,proper-noun) Zgorzelec (a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)

Hyphenated as

Gör‧litz

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡœʁlɪts/

Etymology

First mentioned in Latin as (in villa) Goreliz in a deed from King Heinrich IV of 1071. Said to be of Slavic/Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”), referring to an establishment on a burned site. Its mentioning is connected to the transfer of some of the king's properties located in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia to the cathedral chapter of Meißen.

Sentences

Hast du dein Ticket nach Görlitz schon gebucht ?

Have you already booked your ticket to Görlitz?

Der Chor ist das älteste Bauwerk der Gotik in Görlitz .

The choir is the oldest Gothic building in Görlitz.