Pretzsch (Elbe)

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Coordinates: 51°43′N 12°48′E

Pretzsch
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Wittenberg
Population	1,662 (30/06/2005)
Area	20.92 km²
Population density	79 /km²
Elevation	70 m
Coordinates	51°43′ N 12°48′ E
Postal code	06909
Area code	034926
Licence plate code	WB
Mayor	Karlheinz Horn
Website	Stadt Pretzsch

Pretzsch is a small town on the river Elbe in Wittenberg district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; and is a part of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Kurregion Elbe-Heideland, whose seat is in the town of Bad Schmiedeberg.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Geography and transport 3 History 4 Constituent communities 5 Sightseeing 6 Sons and daughters of the town 7 Partner community 8 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Geography and transport

Pretzsch lies in the middle of the Elbauen (natural polders along the Elbe), on the river's west bank which is on the northwest edge of the Dübener Heide Nature Park. It is about 20 km southeast of Wittenberg and is the intersection of Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 182 between Torgau and Wittenberg, and State Highway (Landesstraße) 128 between Bad Schmiedeberg and Jessen.

[edit] History

Pretzsch was first mentioned in 981 in one of Otto II's documents. In the 17th century, August II the Strong's wife Christiane Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth lived there and is buried in the town church. In the 1930s, the writer Erwin Strittmatter worked at the local bakery. Until 1815, Pretzsch belonged to Saxony, and from then until the Second World War to the Prussian province of Saxony. As of 1952, when East Germany abolished the Land system, Pretzsch was in the Halle region, until 1990 when the Land system was revived in the former East Germany at German Reunification.

[edit] Constituent communities

Pretzsch has one of these: Merschwitz

[edit] Sightseeing

• Renaissance stately home from the 16th century
• Wieck'sches Haus from 1725
• Late Gothic church with Baroque additions by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
• Heimatmuseum (half-timbered house) from the 18th century

[edit] Sons and daughters of the town

Friedrich Wieck (born 1785 in Pretzsch - died 6 October 1873 in Loschwitz near Dresden) was a German musician and music teacher.

[edit] Partner community

• Heuchelheim, Hesse.

[edit] External links

• Verwaltungsgemeinschaft's website
• Town's website