Then the interpretation of the basic form of private / Prestanovici as a "settlement of the primary / Prestan" would understand.

Other forms of the name were Pristanewicz 1350, 1378 and Prystinwicz Prystenewicz, 1406 Brostelwicz 1418 Brestenewicz, 1420 Prüstewicz, Pruschtewitz 1535, 1547/1551 and 1648 Brostewicz Pristewiz and Bristytz.

In 1378, Priestewitz belonged to the administrative castle district (castellany) of Großenhain.

1547 includes seven hooves of the school and a further seven hoofs the Council of the Great City grove.

[3] In the fall of 1843, the Royal Saxon Army led large maneuvers in the area around Priestewitz through, while the occupation and conquest was of strategic importance to the railway station.