Grechwitz

Grechwitz Large district town of Grimma Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 49 ″ N , 12 ° 46 ′ 21 ″ E
Height :	200 m above sea level NN
Residents :	325 (Dec 2009)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1967
Incorporated into:	Döben
Postal code :	04668
Area code :	03437

Grechwitz is part of the municipality of the Saxon city of Grimma in the district of Leipzig .

Village green Grechwitz

geography

Grechwitz is about 3.5 kilometers east of Grimma. State road 38 Grimma– Oschatz runs through the village .

Neighboring towns of Grechwitz are Golzern in the northeast, Golzern in the east, Bröhsen in the east, Kaditzsch in the southeast, Neunitz in the east and Döben in the northwest.

history

Former Mill house in Grechwitz (1976)

The first documented form of place names dates from 1350 in today's spelling. Grechwitz is a Slavic foundation. It was created directly on an old trade route from Breslau via Oschatz and Grimma to Leipzig . Early Bronze Age settlement finds are documented for the place.

In 1816 August Schumann mentions Grechwitz in the State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony concerning a. a .:

“In writing it belongs to the Böhlen manor , is parish in Döben, has 94 inhabitants and 8 Hufen . The residents keep 400 sheep, 90 cows and 23 horses. "

On January 1, 1967 Grechwitz was incorporated into Döben. On January 1, 1994, the municipality of Döben was incorporated into Grimma, Grechwitz became a part of the municipality.

Development of the population

year	population
1548/51	14 possessed men , 1 house owner , 13 residents , 19 ¹ ⁄ ₂  hooves
1764	14 possessed men, 4 cottagers, 8 hooves
1834	171
1871	329

year	population
1890	365
1910	423
1925	368
1939	387

year	population
1946	430
1950	487
1964	399

Sons and daughters of the place

Erik Schumann (1925–2007), German actor and voice actor

Web links

Commons : Grechwitz - collection of images, videos and audio files

Grechwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b districts of Döben on grimma.de , accessed on November 21, 2014
↑ ^a ^b Cf. Grechwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
↑ See Gregewitz, Grechwitz . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, p. 408.
^ Area changes from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1994 on the website of the State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , p. 7 (PDF; 64 kB), accessed on April 11, 2012

[Geschichte-1] stricts of Döben on grimma.de , accessed on November 21, 2014

[HOV-2] Cf. Grechwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

[3] See Gregewitz, Grechwitz . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 3rd volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1816, p. 408.

[4] Area changes from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1994 on the website of the State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony , p. 7 (PDF; 64 kB), accessed on April 11, 2012