BAUTZEN, or BUDISSIN, one of the four provinces into which the kingdom of Saxony is divided, comprehends the greater part of Upper Lausatia, the rest of which, together with Lower Lausatia, was ceded to Prussia in 1815. It has an area of 970 square miles, and is divided into the districts of Bautzen, Camenz, Löhau, and Stolpen; containing 14 cities, 658 villages and hamlets: pop. in 1851, 290,589. See SAXONY.