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Kleinwelka
Kleinwelka
is a
subdivision
of the
city of
Bautzen
,
Germany
. It was first mentioned in
1345
. Since the mid-18th
century
it has been the
site
of a
settlement
congregation
of the
Moravian Church
, the
Herrnhuter Brüdergemeinde
; for many years it was the
seat
of a
boarding school
for the children
of
missionaries
from
all over the world
.
Kleinwelka is a
station
of the
Osterreiten
, a
regional
Easter
procession
on
horseback
, from Bautzen to
Radibor
.
Its main
sites
of
interest
are the
Saurierpark Kleinwelka
and the
adjacent
Irrgarten
.
