Gröditz

Gröditz () is a town in the district Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. The town is located 12 km northeast of Riesa, and 7 km southwest of Elsterwerda.

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German location.image_photo: Rathaus Gröditz 1.jpg
German location.imagesize: 240px
German location.image_caption: Town hall
German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_coa: Wappen groeditz.png
German location.image_plan: Gröditz in MEI.svg
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Meißen
German location.elevation: 95
German location.area: 28.94
German location.postal_code: 01609
German location.area_code: 035263
German location.licence: MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14627050
German location.website: www.groeditz.de
German location.mayor: Enrico Münch
German location.leader_term: 2022–29
German location.party: CDU

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Population: 6834
Area: 28.94
Elevation: 95
Official website: www.stadt-groeditz.de
Image: Rathaus Gröditz 1.jpg
Dialing code: 035263
Licence plate code: MEI

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postal code: 01609
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Gröditz () is a town in the district Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. The town is located 12 km northeast of Riesa, and 7 km southwest of Elsterwerda.

== Geography == Gröditz is located on a 100 meter high plains that of the Röder is crossed. The city is located on the Saxon side of today's Saxon - Brandenburg border and the former Saxon - Prussian border. By Groeditz leads the Elsterwerda-Grödel raft canal that for the supply of the Dresden-Meissen Elbe Valley with wood from the Schrade forest was created and later to a location-promoting compound of iron-processing plants Riesa, Groeditz and Lauchhammer was (1947 shipping set).