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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.
Demographics
[edit ]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
Notable people born in Rodewisch
[edit ]- 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
References
[edit ]- ^ Wahlergebnisse 2019, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
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