Roda (Grimma)

Roda Large district town of Grimma Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 26 "  N , 12 ° 52 ′ 47"  E
Height :	165 m
Residents :	114  (Jan. 1, 2011)
Incorporation :	1st January 1971
Incorporated into:	Mutzschen
Postal code :	04668
Area code :	034385
View from the village square to the north

Roda is a village in the Leipzig district in Saxony . Politically, the place has belonged to Grimma since the beginning of 2012 . It is located on the district road 8324 between Mutzschen and Cannewitz .

In a document, Roda was first mentioned in 1439 as "zum Rode". Further mentions were:

• 1522: Rode
• 1523: to the Rade
• 1529: Roda
• 1551: Rodaw
• 1875: Roda b. Grimma

On January 1, 1971 Roda was incorporated into Mutzschen. With the incorporation of Mutzschen to Grimma on January 1, 2012, Roda became a part of the municipality.

Development of the population

year population 1551 18 possessed men , 17 residents 1764 20 possessed men, 14 cottagers , 8 1 ⁄ 4   hooves 1834 254 1871 330

year population 1890 291 1910 275 1925 279 1939 243

year population 1946 394 1950 353 1964 249

Personalities associated with Roda

• Dietrich Burger (* 1935), painter and graphic artist

Web links

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

• Roda in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

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