Lommatzsch

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen_lommatzsch.pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 12
lon_deg = 13 |lon_min = 18
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen
Regierungsbezirk = Dresden
Landkreis = Meißen
Höhe = 168
Fläche = 66.47
Einwohner = 5875
Stand = 2005-09-30
PLZ = 01621–01623
Vorwahl = 035241
Kfz = MEI
Website = [http://www.lommatzsch.de/ www.lommatzsch.de]
Bürgermeister = Anita Maass

Lommatzsch is a municipality located in the district of Meißen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Lommatzsch lies amidst the so called "Lommatzscher Pflege", an area of land that is featuring high quality loessic soil and therefore is mainly used agriculturally.

Subdivisions

Albertitz, Altlommatzsch, Altsattel, Arntitz, Barmenitz, Birmenitz, Churschütz, Daubnitz, Dennschütz, Dörschnitz, Grauswitz, Ickowitz, Jessen, Klappendorf, Krepta, Lautzschen, Löbschütz, Lommatzsch, Marschütz, Mögen, Neckanitz, Paltzschen, Petzschwitz, Piskowitz, Pitschütz, Poititz, Prositz, Rauba, Roitzsch, Scheerau, Schwochau, Sieglitz, Striegnitz, Trogen, Wachtnitz, Weitzschenhain, Wuhnitz, Zöthain, Zscheilitz.

History

The Cities name is derived from Glumaci by the Daleminziern, which called themselves by a spring Glomaci.

People

Honorary citizen

* Robert Volkmann, composer
* Carl Menzel
* Gerhard Menzel
* Terence Hill, Filmstar
* Rudolf Martick, acted about fifty years as a pianist and composer in the Robert-Volkmann-Chor in Lommatzsch