Grimma

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Grimma

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Grimma
Coordinates: 51°14′19″N 12°43′31″E / 51.23861°N 12.72528°E / 51.23861; 12.72528Coordinates: 51°14′19″N 12°43′31″E / 51.23861°N 12.72528°E / 51.23861; 12.72528
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Leipzig
Government
 • Mayor Matthias Berger
Area
 • Total 217.38 km2 (83.93 sq mi)
Elevation 128 m (420 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 28,819
 • Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 04668
Dialling codes 03437
Vehicle registration L
Website www.grimma.de

Grimma is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, on the left bank of the Mulde, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Leipzig. Founded in c. 1170,[citation needed] it is part of the Leipzig district.

Location

The town is in northern Saxony, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Leipzig and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south of Wurzen.

Flooding

The river Mulde flows through the town, a significant section of which is situated in a floodplain. Massive floods in 2002 washed away the old Pöppelmannbrücke bridge and caused significant damage to buildings in the town. In the summer of 2013 there was further flood damage.

Destroyed Pöppelmannbrücke

Suburbs

  • Großbardau (merged with Grimma January 2006)
  • Döben
  • Hohnstädt
  • Höfgen
  • Beiersdorf
  • Kaditzsch
  • Schkortitz
  • Naundorf
  • Neunitz
  • Grechwitz
  • Dorna
  • Kleinbardau (merged with Grimma January 2006)
  • Bernbruch (merged with Grimma 2006)
  • Waldbardau (merged with Grimma 2006)
  • Nerchau (merged with Grimma 2011)
  • Thümmlitzwalde (merged with Grimma 2011)
  • Großbothen (merged with Grimma 2011)
  • Mutzschen (merged with Grimma 1 January 2012)

History

Grimma is of Sorbian origin and was first documented in 1065.[citation needed] The Margraves of Meissen and the Electors of Saxony often resided at the castle in the town.

Grimma was the scene of witch trials between 1494–1701. At least two women were executed as witches.[2]

By 1890 the population had reached 8,957.[3]

The city was affected by heavy flooding in 2013. Work had by this time started on the construction of flood barriers, but their completion had been delayed by local opposition [4]

Culture

Grimma has been the site of many historic structures, including a town hall dating from 1442, a famous school (the Fürstenschule) erected on the site of a former Augustinian monastery in 1550, and a school of brewing.

Notable people

Notes

  1. ↑ "Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen – Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). 17 June 2013. 
  2. ↑ Manfred Wilde: Die Zauberei- und Hexenprozesse in Kursachsen. Köln, Weimar, Wien 2003, S. 508f.
  3. ↑ The Century Cyclopaedia of Names, coordinated by Benjamin E Smith and published by the De Vinne Press, New York 1894
  4. ↑ spiegel.de 2013: Versäumter Hochwasserschutz: "Diese Flut kommt vier Jahre zu früh"

References


Gallery

  • The High School St. Augustine of Grimma

  • Frauenkirche

  • Sawmill Höfgen

  • Old city as seen from the Mulde river

  • The bank of the Mulde

  • Armorial bearings on a bridge over Mulde in Grimma

  • Destroyed bridge over Mulde in Grimma

  • Memorial to the flood disaster 2002 in Grimma

External links

Towns and municipalities in Leipzig (district)
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