Sohland an der Spree (Sorbian: Załom) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen in Saxony in Germany near the border to the Czech Republic in a region called Lusatia. The river Spree flows right through the village. Together with some smaller villages (Wehrsdorf, Taubenheim) it constitutes one of the biggest villages or communities with about 7,700 inhabitants. The most typical monument of the village is the "Himmelsbrücke" (heavens bridge), it is said that the bridge will break when someone tells a lie while standing on it.