The larger part of the municipality belongs to the recognizedSorbian settlement area in Saxony.Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.
Hohendubrau takes its German name from the hilly landscape of theHohe Dubrau [de].
The following villages are in the municipality. Names are given inGerman andUpper Sorbian, with populations as of December 2022.[3]