Ragewitz (Grimma)

Ragewitz Large district town of Grimma Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 2 ″  N , 12 ° 51 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	222 m
Residents :	168  (Nov 2010)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1994
Incorporated into:	Thümmlitzwalde
Postal code :	04668
Area code :	034385

Ragewitz is a village in the Leipzig district in Saxony . Politically, the place has belonged to Grimma since the beginning of 2011 . It is located on the S 38 state road between Pöhsig and Prösitz .

Town center from the south

Avenue to the church

Ragewitz was first mentioned in a document in 1378 as "Rogewicz, Ragewicz". Further mentions were:

• 1421: Ragewicz
• 1445/47: the Gensyn at Ragewicz
• 1446: Rogewicz
• 1466: Ragwitz
• 1535: Robitz
• 1590: Ragkewitz
• 1875: Ragewitz b. Grimma

Development of the population

year population 1548/51 8 possessed men , 10 residents , 16 1 ⁄ 4   hooves 1764 8 possessed men, 1 gardener , 2 cottagers , 6 hooves 1834 125 1871 208

year population 1890 251 1910 233 1925 212 1939 190

year population 1946 333 1950 273 1964 1 361 1990 2 943

¹ with Zaschwitz

² with Zaschwitz, Pöhsig and Bröhsen

Attractions

→ see also: List of cultural monuments in Ragewitz

• the church of the village is a single-nave Romanesque church which was built between 1872 and 1874

Web links

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

• Ragewitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ districts of Zschoppach on grimma.de , accessed on June 12, 2013
2. ↑ Cf. Ragewitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony