- Groitzsch
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen_Groitzsch.png
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 9 |lat_sec = 20
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 16 |lon_sec = 50
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen
Regierungsbezirk = Leipzig
Landkreis = Leipzig
Höhe = 152
Fläche = 70.06
Einwohner = 8521
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 04539
Vorwahl = 034296
Kfz = L
Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 3 79 260
Gliederung = 28
Straße = Markt 1
Website = [http://www.groitzsch.de/ www.groitzsch.de]
Bürgermeister = Maik Kunze
Partei = CDUGroitzsch (IPA2|ɡʁɔʏ̯tʃ) is a
town in the Leipzig district, inSaxony ,Germany .Geography and transport
The town is situated on the river
Weiße Elster , 20 km northeast ofZeitz , and 25 km southwest ofLeipzig . The B176 goes through Groitzsch and the B2 goes through the subdistricts Kobschütz and Audigast. The newBundesautobahn 38 is about 15km away.History
The original Sorbian name was Groisca.
The oldest archaeological finds in the town district date from approximately 4000 BC. After a dense settlement of the west Saxon region in prehistoric times,
Slavic peoples migrated into this region after the migration ofGermanic tribes in the 7th century, who appear in the sources asSorbs . During theOstsiedlung of the early Middle Ages, the populations mixed with settlers fromThuringia andFranconia . In the history of the town traces ofJew ish life are also found.The town was first mentioned in 1039 in the famous Pegauer Annals.
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