Gröditz

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Gröditz
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Gröditz
Location of Gröditz within Meißen district
Gröditz is located in Germany
Gröditz
Gröditz
Coordinates: 51°25′0″N 13°27′59″E / 51.41667°N 13.46639°E / 51.41667; 13.46639Coordinates: 51°25′0″N 13°27′59″E / 51.41667°N 13.46639°E / 51.41667; 13.46639
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictMeißen
Government
 • Mayor (2015–22) Jochen Reinicke[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total28.78 km2 (11.11 sq mi)
Elevation
95 m (312 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,932
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01609
Dialling codes035263
Vehicle registrationMEI, GRH, RG, RIE
Websitewww.groeditz.de

Gröditz is a town in the district Meißen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The town is located 12 km northeast of Riesa, and 7 km southwest of Elsterwerda.

Geography[]

Gröditz is located on a 100 meter high plains that of the is crossed. The city is located on the Saxon side of today's Saxon - Brandenburg border and the former Saxon - Prussian border. By Groeditz leads the () that for the supply of the Dresden-Meissen Elbe Valley with wood from the was created and later to a location-promoting compound of iron-processing plants Riesa, Groeditz and Lauchhammer was (1947 shipping set).

Gröditz includes not only the core city's districts but also Nauwalde, , , and .

History[]

The town was first mentioned in 1363, but was at least since the late 12th century and was inhabited Slavic (the has been inhabited since the 1st century). Erected in 1748 , by a (, ship puller) powered waterway, formed the basis for the later industrialization. bought 1779 Groditzer mill and founded at this location Gröditzer ironworks (Lauchhammer plant), in 1825, the foundation stone for the construction of a blast furnace, which was taken 1827 in operation.

During the World War II, there was a forced labor camp in the Lauchhammer works of the Central German steel plants of the Flick Group, in which 4000 prisoners of war, women and men from the countries occupied by Germany forced labor had to do in the gun production. Moreover, there was from October 1944 to April 1945 an of Flossenbürg with more than 1000 concentration camp prisoners, including 300 Jews. The extremely inhumane living conditions led to the deaths of many forced laborers.

On October 5, 1967 Groeditz received city rights.

On 25 May 2009 the city was the conferred title of "".

Incorporations[]

On October 1, 1928, in the north of Groeditz neighboring village was incorporated. On 1 January 2013, the incorporation of the neighboring community Nauwalde, which had since 2000 a member of the followed.

Population development[]

Development of the population (2013):

Year Residents
1682 0152
1836 0150
1848 0170
1871 0545
1890 0954
1900 1.469
1936 3.500
1945 4.303
Year Residents
1946 05.406
1968 08.100
1987 10.436
1990 10.059
1994 09.265
1998 08.878
2003 08.081
2007 07.534
Year Residents
2009 7.244
2011 6.970
2013 7.524

Religions[]

Famous people[]

Klaus Sammer (left) in 1986

References[]

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2015, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
  • Gröditz. Bilder erzählen; Gröditz 1993, 96 Seiten (115 Abb.) ISBN 3-89264-807-7
  • Gröditz, Stadtplan 1:7.500; Städteverlag Fellbach 1999, ISBN 3-8164-5255-8
  • Siegfried Richter Der Mutmacher. Ein Sachse kehrt heim; Gröditz (Selbstverlag) 1999;
  • Gröditz. Topographische Karte 1:25.000; Landesvermessungsamt Brandenburg 1994, ISBN 3-7490-3303-X
  • Paul Namyslik: "Chronik der Röderstadt Gröditz"; Meißner Tageblatt Verlags GmbH 2005, 478 Seiten (329 Abb.), ISBN 3-929705-11-7
  • Paul Namyslik: "Chronik der Röderstadt Gröditz 2005 bis 2010", ISBN 978-3-00-032776-6
  • Infobroschüre der Stadt: „Gröditz - Sachsen“ (online als PDF-Datei; 5,8 MB)
  • Egon Förster: Zwangsarbeiter in Gröditz 1939-1945. Gröditz 2004
  • Mathias Antusch: Zwangsarbeit im Stahlwerk Gröditz. Institut für Geschichte der Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg 2004, ISBN 978-3-638-59402-8
  • Cornelius Gurlitt: Gröditz. In: Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen, 37. Volume: Amtshauptmannschaft Großenhain (Land). C. C. Meinhold, Dresden, 1914, p. 100.
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