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Grimma
Grimma
	; ; Coat of arms;
	; ; Coat of arms;
	; ; ; ; Grimma ; ; ; ; Location of Grimma within Leipzig district; ; ; ; ;
	Coordinates: 51°14′19″N 12°43′31″E / 51.23861°N 12.72528°E / 51.23861; 12.72528Coordinates: 51°14′19″N 12°43′31″E / 51.23861°N 12.72528°E / 51.23861; 12.72528;
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Leipzig
Government;
• Mayor;	Matthias Berger
Area;
• Total	217.38 km2 (83.93 sq mi)
Elevation;	128 m (420 ft)
Population (2017-12-31);
• Total	28,153
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	; CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	04668
Dialling codes	03437
Vehicle registration	L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
Website	www.grimma.de

in Saxony, Germany

Grimma is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, on the left bank of the Mulde, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Leipzig. Founded in c. 1170,^{[citation needed]} it is part of the Leipzig district.

Location

The town is in northern Saxony, 25 kilometres (16 miles) southeast of Leipzig and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south of Wurzen.

Flooding

The river Mulde flows through the town, a significant section of which is situated in a floodplain. Massive floods in 2002 washed away the old Pöppelmannbrücke bridge and caused significant damage to buildings in the town. In the summer of 2013 there was further flood damage.

Destroyed Pöppelmannbrücke

Suburbs

Großbardau (merged with Grimma January 2006)

Döben

Hohnstädt

Höfgen

Beiersdorf

Kaditzsch

Schkortitz

Naundorf

Neunitz

Grechwitz

Dorna

Kleinbardau (merged with Grimma January 2006)

Bernbruch (merged with Grimma 2006)

Waldbardau (merged with Grimma 2006)

Nerchau (merged with Grimma 2011)

Thümmlitzwalde (merged with Grimma 2011)

Großbothen (merged with Grimma 2011)

Mutzschen (merged with Grimma 1 January 2012)

History

Grimma is of Sorbian origin and was first documented in 1065.^{[citation needed]} The Margraves of Meissen and the Electors of Saxony often resided at the castle in the town.

Grimma was the scene of witch trials between 1494–1701. At least two women were executed as witches.^[2]

By 1890 the population had reached 8,957.^[3]

The city was affected by heavy flooding in 2013. Work had by this time started on the construction of flood barriers, but their completion had been delayed by local opposition ^[4]

Culture

Grimma has been the site of many historic structures, including a town hall dating from 1442, a famous school (the Fürstenschule) erected on the site of a former Augustinian monastery in 1550, and a school of brewing.^[5]

Notable people

Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443–1500)

Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (1468–1524)

Ernst Otto Schlick (1840–1913), engineer

Georg Elias Müller (1850–1934), psychologist

Erich Waschneck (1887–1970), playwright

Diethard Hellmann (1928–1999), musician

Verena Reichel (born 1945), translator

Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), actor

Jochen Kupfer (born 1969), operatic baritone

Carmen Nebel (born 1956), TV moderator

Olaf Beyer (born 1957), athlete

Matthias Lindner (born 1965), footballer

Torsten Kracht (born 1967), footballer

Marina Schuck (born 1981), sprint canoer

Ronny Garbuschewski (born 1986), footballer

Rosa-Marie Tischendorf born June 2, 1877), niece of Konstantin Tischendorf

Miscellaneous

Grimma is the sister city to Devon, Alberta, Canada. in 2008, a group of students and dignitaries from Devon travelled to Grimma to perform in an international music festival. In 2010, members of the Grimma Jugendblasorchester (Youth Orchestra) travelled to Devon to perform and to tour Alberta.^[6]

Notes

^ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2017] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). October 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Manfred Wilde: Die Zauberei- und Hexenprozesse in Kursachsen. Köln, Weimar, Wien 2003, S. 508f.

^ The Century Cyclopaedia of Names, coordinated by Benjamin E Smith and published by the De Vinne Press, New York 1894

^ spiegel.de 2013: Versäumter Hochwasserschutz: "Diese Flut kommt vier Jahre zu früh"

^ The latter has been claimed in Encyclopædia Britannica 1911: Grimma as follows: "There are also a modern school, a teachers' seminary, a commercial school and a school of brewing." The following three sources are given: "See Lorenz, Die Stadt Grimma, historisch beschrieben (Leipzig, 1871); Rössler, Geschichte der königlich sächsischen Fürsten- und Landesschule Grimma (Leipzig, 1891); L. Schmidt, Urkundenbuch der Stadt Grimma (Leipzig, 1895); and Fraustadt, Grimmenser Stammbuch (Grimma, 1900)." (all three German language)