- Wurzen
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Wurzen1.jpg
Wappen = Wappen wurzen.png
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 22
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 43
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen
Regierungsbezirk = Leipzig
Landkreis = Leipzig
Höhe = 124
Fläche = 68.54
Einwohner = 17620
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 04808
Vorwahl = 03425, 034261
Kfz = MTL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 3 83 340
LOCODE = DE WZN
Gliederung = 5
Straße = Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 2
Website = [http://www.wurzen.de/ www.wurzen.de]
Bürgermeister = Jürgen Schmidt
Partei = CDUWurzen (IPA2|ˈvʊɐ̯tsən) is a town in the Leipzig district, in the
Free State of Saxony ,Germany . It is situated on the riverMulde , here crossed by two bridges, 25 km east ofLeipzig , by rail N.E. of Leipzig on the main line (via Riesa) to Dresden. It has a cathedral dating from the12th century , a castle, at one time a residence of the bishops ofMeissen and later utilized as law courts, several schools, an agricultural college and as a police station including a prison.Founded after 600 by the Slavs, Wurzen is first mentioned in the act of donation from
Otto I in961 as a "Burgward" civitas vurcine. Situated in the "anderen Gau Neletici", it was a town early in the 12th century whenHerwig ,bishop of Meissen , founded aCollegiate church here. In 1581 it passed to theelector of Saxony . During theThirty Years' War (1637) it was sacked by the Swedish army and almost burned down completely.In 1768
Goethe travelled fromLeipzig toDresden and back through Wurzen. The long waiting for the ferry inspired him later a passage in his first edition of "Faust ".On
31 July 1838 Wurzen was connected with the first German long distance railway (Leipzig-Dresden, opened7 April 1839 ). Therefore the first German railway bridge was constructed to cross theMulde .Twin towns
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Barsinghausen ,Germany
*Warstein , Germany
*Tamási ,Hungary Economy
A commercial main focus is the production of pastries and candies. Furthermore there are several high-performance medium-sized businesses in mechanical engineering and some specialty companies in town (conveying machinery, lighting design, production of felt).
Main sights
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Collegiate church "St. Marien" (Cathedral , sanctified 1114). Romanesque up to lateGothic architecture (1508). Large ensemble of bronze sculptures fromGeorg Wrba (1932)
* Church "St. Wenceslai" (16th/17th century)
*Catholic Church "Herz-Jesu" (sanctified 1902), inNeo-Romanesque style.
* Castle of Wurzen (from 1497 to 1581 occasionally residence of theBishop of Dresden-Meissen ), an example of lateGothic architecture
* House Lossow (historico-cultural museum with an exhabition Ringelnatz art).Mannerism /Baroque (1668)
* Birthplace of thefabulist Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer at Cathedrals square (17th century)
* Birthplace ofJoachim Ringelnatz (17th/18th century).
* Fountain at the marketplace in honour ofJoachim Ringelnatz (1983), it shows Ringelnatz on aSeahorse .
* Former post-office of theElectorate of Saxony with emblem adorned gate (1734).
* Postal column (miles distance column) (1724) (reerectet 1984).
* ClassicisticalCity hall (after a fire 1803). Today library and galery of the town.
* Former (royal) Gymnasium (1883) with mural paintings fromMax Seliger .
* Memorial for the dead soldiers ofWorld War I in the former old cemetery (bronze sculpture fromGeorg Wrba 1930).
* "Pesthäuschen", memorial for the victims of theBubonic plague 1607 (17th century) in the former old cemetery.
* Memorial for the victims of Fascism and the deads of the long march 1945 in the new cemetery.
* Memorial place for the soldiers of theRed Army andAlbert Kuntz in the municipal park (1974).
* Commemorative plaque for the victims ofStalinism in the castle courtyard (2005).
* Millenniums stone (Badergraben) (2000).
* Cityscape dominating buildings of the mill (Mühlgraben) (1917–1925).
* Former North-station of the "Muldentalbahn" (1875 ), todayMagistrates' Court .
*Water tower of the former municipal waterworks (1893).
* Imperialpost office with telegraph station tower (1890/91).
*Bismarck tower on the "Wachtelberg" hill (Dehnitz, 1911).Notable residents
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Heinrich von Abendroth (1819–1880), army officer, lieutenant general in the Saxon army
*Max Baumbach (1859–1915), sculptor in Berlin
*Ruth Bodenstein-Hoyme (1924–2006), music lecturer, composer
*Gerhard Bosse (* 1921), concertmaster of theGewandhaus and professor
*Wilhelm Fischer (1796–1884), Saxon mining official
*Fritz Geißler (1921–1984), composer, most famous symphony musician of theGDR
*Paul Göhre (1864–1928), theologian and political economist,SPD -politician
*Justus Friedrich Güntz (1801–1875), lawyer, editor and owner of the newspaper "Dresdner Anzeiger"
*Herwig († 1119),Bishop of Dresden-Meissen , founder of theCollegiate church in Wurzen
*Hans-Peter Hund (* 1940), painter and graphic artist
*Hermann Ilgen (1856–1940), apothecary, enterpriser, patron of the arts
*Ekkehart Jesse (* 1948), historian and sociologist, researcher ofExtremism
*Detlev Kästner , boxer, bronze medallistOlympic Games Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
*Karl Ludwig Langbein (1811-1873), jurist and Member ofFrankfurt Parliament
*Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer (1719–1783), jurist and one of the most important germanfabulists
*Magdalene Mahrholz-Patzschke (1889–1944), painter
*Dietrich Manicke (* 1923), composer and music theoretician
*Jakob Martini (1829–1909),dermatologist andurologist
*Herbert Meißner (1888–1954), music educationist and singer
*Hans-Georg Mühe (* 1929), composer, music scientist and educationist
*Herbert Petzold (1910–1997), expert inPomology („apple-Petzold“)
*Werner Radig (1903–1985), archaeologist and folklorist
*Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934), author and painter
*Paul Röber , (1587-1651), lutheran theologian
*Christian Schöttgen (1687–1751), historian and educationist, rector of the school "Kreuzschule inDresden
*Clemens Seeber (1851–1905), photo and cinema technician, photo reporter
*Bernhard Moritz von Süßmilch-Hörnig (1823–1892), army officer and cartographer
*Abraham Teller (1609–1658), theologian, songwriter ofHymn s, rector ofThomasschule zu Leipzig
*Otto Georg Thierack (1889–1946), 1936 to 1942 president of the People's Court (German) and last minister of justice inThird Reich
*Theodor Uhlig , musician (1822–1853), songwriter, composer
*Siegfried H. Horn , archaeologist (1908-1993)
*Bernd Wagner (*1948), author
*Manfred Walter (* 1937), football player (national team GDR)
*Rainer Zieger , graphic artist and illustratorReferences
*1911
External links
* [http://www.wurzen.de/ Town of Wurzen, official Page] de icon
* [http://www.wurzen-damals.de/ Wurzen on old picture postcards] de icon
* [http://www.schloss-wurzen.de/geschichte-schloss-wurzen.html History about the castle of Wurzen] de icon
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