Pretzsch, Wittenberg

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo = Pretzsch_castle.jpg
Name = Pretzsch
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen pretzsch.pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 43
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 48
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Wittenberg
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Kurregion Elbe-Heideland
Höhe = 70
Fläche = 20.92
Einwohner = 1603
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 06909
Vorwahl = 034926
Kfz = WB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 91 255
Adresse-Verband = Markt 10
06905 Bad Schmiedeberg
Website = [http://www.pretzsch-elbe.de/ www.pretzsch-elbe.de]
Bürgermeister = Harry Deike
Partei =

Pretzsch is a municipality on the river Elbe in Wittenberg district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; and is a part of the administrative community ("Verwaltungsgemeinschaft") of Kurregion Elbe-Heideland, whose seat is in the town of Bad Schmiedeberg.

Geography

Pretzsch lies in the middle of the Elbauen (natural polders along the Elbe), on the river's west bank which is on the northwest edge of the Dübener Heide Nature Park. It is about 20 km southeast of Wittenberg and is the intersection of Federal Highway ("Bundesstraße") B 182 between Torgau and Wittenberg, and State Highway ("Landesstraße") 128 between Bad Schmiedeberg and Jessen.

History

Pretzsch was first mentioned in 981 in one of Otto II's documents. In the 17th century, August II the Strong's wife Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth lived there and is buried in the town church. In the 1930s, the writer Erwin Strittmatter worked at the local bakery. Until 1815, Pretzsch belonged to Saxony, and from then until the Second World War to the Prussian province of Saxony. As of 1952, when East Germany abolished the "Land" system, Pretzsch was in the Halle region, until 1990 when the "Land" system was revived in the former East Germany at German Reunification.

ubdivisions

Pretzsch includes the village of Merschwitz.

ightseeing

* Renaissance stately home from the 16th century
* Wieck'sches Haus from 1725
* Late Gothic church with Baroque additions by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
* Heimatmuseum (half-timbered house) from the 18th century

Personalities

Friedrich Wieck (born 1785 in Pretzsch - died 6 October 1873 in Loschwitz near Dresden) was a German musician and music teacher.

Partner community

* Heuchelheim, Hesse.

External links

* [http://www.bad-schmiedeberg.de Verwaltungsgemeinschaft's website]
* [http://www.pretzsch-elbe.de/ Town's website]