Gröditz

For the village in Lower Silesia, see Grodziec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (December 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Town in Saxony, Germany

Gröditz

Town

Town hall

Coat of arms

Location of Gröditz within Meißen district

Gröditz

Show map of Germany

Gröditz

Show map of Saxony

Coordinates: 51°25′N 13°28′E﻿ / ﻿51.417°N 13.467°E﻿ / 51.417; 13.467
Country| Germany
State| Saxony
District| Meißen
Government

• Mayor (2022-29) | Enrico Münch[1] (CDU)
Area

• Total

| 28.94 km2 (11.17 sq mi)
Elevation

| 95 m (312 ft)
Population

(2023-12-31)[2]

• Total

| 6,863
• Density| 240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

01609

Dialling codes| 035263
Vehicle registration| MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
Website| www.groeditz.de

Gröditz (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁøːdɪts] ⓘ) is a town in the district Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. The town is located 12 km northeast of Riesa, and 7 km southwest of Elsterwerda.

## Geography

[edit]

Gröditz is located on a 100 meter high plains that of the Röder 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 Elsterwerda-Grödel raft canal that for the supply of the Dresden-Meissen Elbe Valley with wood from the Schrade forest 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, Nieska, Reppis, Spansberg and Schweinfurth.

## History

[edit]

The town was first mentioned in 1363, but was at least since the late 12th century and was inhabited Slavic (the Röderaue has been inhabited since the 1st century). Erected in 1748 Elsterwerda-Grödel raft canal, by a Bomätscher (Treidler, ship puller) powered waterway, formed the basis for the later industrialization. Graf Detlev Carl von Einsiedel 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 Outdoor stock 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 5 October 1967 Groeditz received city rights.

On 25 May 2009 the city was the Federal Government conferred title of "place of diversity".

### Incorporations

[edit]

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

### Population development

[edit]

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

[edit]

* Evangelical Lutheran Church
* Roman Catholicism
* Methodist Church
* New Apostolic Church
* Evangelical Free Church congregation
* Apostelamt Jesu Christi

## Famous people

[edit]

Klaus Sammer (left) and Dieter Riedel (right) in 1986

* Siegfried Richter (1922–2000), entrepreneur, man of charity, honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and with the Order of Merit of Saxony
* Klaus Sammer (born 1942), former East Germany national football team player and trainer
* Dieter Riedel (born 1947), former East Germany national football team player and trainer
* Gottfried Sembdner, concert pianist

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Sachsens am 31. Dezember 2023 - Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 15. Mai 2022 (Gebietsstand 01.01.2023)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.

* 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.

* v
* t
* e

Towns and municipalities in Meissen (district)

* Coswig
* Diera-Zehren
* Ebersbach
* Glaubitz
* Gröditz
* Großenhain
* Hirschstein
* Käbschütztal
* Klipphausen
* Lampertswalde
* Lommatzsch
* Meissen
* Moritzburg
* Niederau
* Nossen
* Nünchritz
* Priestewitz
* Radebeul
* Radeburg
* Riesa
* Röderaue
* Schönfeld
* Stauchitz
* Strehla
* Thiendorf
* Weinböhla
* Wülknitz
* Zeithain

Coat of arms

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

Other|

* Yale LUX

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template