Groitzsch
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| Groitzsch | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Saxony |
| Admin. region | Leipzig |
| District | Leipziger Land |
| Town subdivisions | 28 |
| Mayor | Maik Kunze (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 70.06 km² (27.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 152 m (499 ft) |
| Population | 8,521 (31/12/2005) |
| - Density | 122 /km² (315 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | L |
| Postal code | 04539 |
| Area code | 034296 |
| Website | www.groitzsch.de |
Groitzsch (IPA: [ɡʁɔʏ̯tʃ]) is a town in the Leipziger Land district, in Saxony, Germany.
[edit] Geography and transport
The town is situated on the river Weiße Elster, 20 km northeast of Zeitz, and 25 km southwest of Leipzig. The B176 goes through Groitzsch and the B2 goes through the subdistricts Kobschütz and Audigast. The new Bundesautobahn 38 is about 15km away.
[edit] History
The original Sorbian name was Groisca.
The oldest archaeological finds in the town district date from approximately 4000 BC. After a dense settlement of the west Saxon region in prehistoric times, Slavic peoples migrated into this region after the migration of Germanic tribes in the 7th century, who appear in the sources as Sorbs. During the Ostsiedlung of the early Middle Ages, the populations mixed with settlers from Thuringia and Franconia. In the history of the town traces of Jewish life are also found.
The town was first mentioned in 1039 in the famous Pegauer Annals.
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