Wends

The Graff, Rosel, Wuchatsch and Zimmer families were of Wendish (also known as Sorbian) origin. The Wends are a Slavic race, the smallest of Europe’s eleven Slavonic nations, whose homeland is Lusatia, a predominantly rural region in eastern Saxony and southern Brandenburg, south-east of Berlin. Signposts in Lusatia carry both Wendish and German names and the Wendish language, history, literature, folklore and culture are taught in many schools in Saxony and Brandenburg.

Further information is available at the website of the
Wendish Heritage Society of Australia