Rodewisch (original) (raw)
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Town in Saxony, Germany
| Rodewisch | |
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 Rodewisch seen from the train station |
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 Coat of arms |
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Location of Rodewisch within Vogtlandkreis district  |
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  Rodewisch Show map of Germany Rodewisch Show map of Saxony |
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| Coordinates: 50°31′N 12°25′E / 50.517°N 12.417°E / 50.517; 12.417 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Vogtlandkreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–26) | Kerstin Schöniger[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.88 km2 (10.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 427 m (1,401 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,451 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 08228 |
| Dialling codes | 03744 |
| Vehicle registration | V, AE, OVL, PL, RC |
| Website | www.rodewisch.de |
Rodewisch is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3 km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20 km east of Plauen. Sputnik 1 was seen for the first time in the world in Rodewisch. Rodewisch was first mentioned in 1411 and has been a town since 1924. Today's town was formed in 1859 by the merger of the three districts of Obergöltzsch, Untergöltzsch and Niederauerbach. Rodewisch has two hospitals and a planetarium. Until 1926 there was a large brass works in the town, which was the largest in northern Germany. Röthenbach and Rützengrün have belonged to Rodewisch since 1994 and 1992 respectively.
Historical population:
| 1834: 2,643 1871: 3,455 1910: 9,494 1939: 11,237 1960: 12,828 | 1971: 10,196 1981: 9,513 1998: 8,241 1999: 8,105 2000: 7,904 | 2001: 7,793 2002: 7,762 2003: 7,670 2004: 7,654 2005: 7,562 | 2007: 7,366 2008: 7,235 2011: 6,769 2012: 6,714 2013: 6,650 |
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Notable people born in Rodewisch
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- Falko Götz (born 1962), football player and manager
- Siegbert Hummel (1908–2001), Tibetologist and cultural historian
- Gerd Schädlich (1952–2022), football player and manager
- Yvonne Magwas (born 1979), German politician
- ^ Wahlergebnisse 2019, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.