Gottwitz

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Gottwitz
Large district town of Grimma
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 22 ″  N , 12 ° 55 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : 183 m
Residents : 233  (Jan. 2011)
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Incorporated into: Mutzschen
Postal code : 04668
Area code : 034385
Göttwitz, aerial photo (2017)

Göttwitz is a village in the Leipzig district in Saxony . Politically, the place has belonged to Grimma since 2012 . It is located on the S 38 state road between Mutzschen and Wermsdorf .

Göttwitz was first mentioned in a document in 1028 as "Chotiza". Further mentions were:

  • 1378: Gatewicz
  • 1421: Gotenwicz
  • 1446/48: Gottewitz
  • 1529: Gotwitz
  • 1577: Göttewitz
  • 1791: Göttwitz

On January 1, 1952, Wetteritz was incorporated into Göttwitz. On January 1, 1974, Göttwitz was incorporated into Mutzschen. With the incorporation of Mutzschen into Grimma on January 1, 2012, Göttwitz has since been part of the latter's municipality.

Development of the population

year population
1551 10 possessed men , 14 residents , 14 1 ⁄ 2   hooves
1764 8 possessed men, 2 cottagers , 6 1 ⁄ 2   hooves
1834 125
1871 134
year population
1890 153
1910 183
1925 163
1939 155
year population
1946 236
1950 346
1964 1 244
1 with Wetteritz

Attractions

  • the town's war memorial was erected in 1920 for those who fell in the First World War

Web links

Commons : Göttwitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Göttwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Districts of Mutzschen on grimma.de , accessed on June 19, 2013
  2. ↑ Cf. Göttwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony