Rodewisch
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Coat of arms of Rodewisch Coat of arms | |
Location of Rodewisch
within Vogtlandkreis district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Vogtlandkreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–26) | Kerstin Schöniger[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.88 km2 (10.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 427 m (1,401 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 08228 |
| Dialling codes | 03744 |
| Vehicle registration | V, AE, OVL, PL, RC |
| Website | www.rodewisch.de |
Rodewisch (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːdəvɪʃ] Audio file "De-Rodewisch.ogg" not found) is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20km east of Plauen. Sputnik 1 was seen for the first time in the world in Rodewisch. Rodewisch was first mentioned in 1411 and has been a town since 1924. Today's town was formed in 1859 by the merger of the three districts of Obergöltzsch, Untergöltzsch and Niederauerbach. Rodewisch has two hospitals and a planetarium.Until 1926, there was a large brass works in the town, which was the largest in northern Germany. Röthenbach and Rützengrün have belonged to Rodewisch since 1994 and 1992 respectively.
Demographics
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Notable people born in Rodewisch
[edit | edit source]- Falko Götz (born 1962), football player and manager
- Siegbert Hummel (1908–2001), Tibetologist and cultural historian
- Gerd Schädlich (1952–2022), football player and manager
- Sören Voigt (born 1971), German politician
- Yvonne Magwas (born 1979), German politician
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Wahlergebnisse 2019, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
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