Ragewitz (Grimma)

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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 14  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