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Rodewisch
Sign in to saveRodewisch () is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3 km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20 km east of Plauen. Sputnik 1 was seen for the first time in the world in Rodewisch. The town was first mentioned in 1411 and has been a town since 1924. Today's Rodewisch 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 Rode
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Rodewisch Bahnhof und Umgebung 1.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Rodewisch seen from the train station
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Rodewisch.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Rodewisch in V.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Vogtlandkreis
- German location.elevation
- 427
- German location.area
- 26.88
- German location.postal_code
- 08228
- German location.area_code
- 03744
- German location.licence
- V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14523360
- German location.website
- www.rodewisch.de
- German location.mayor
- Kerstin Schöniger
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–26
- German location.party
- CDU
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6396
- Area
- 26.88
- Elevation
- 434
- Official website
- www.rodewisch.de
- Image
- Rodewisch Vogtl 001.JPG
- Dialing code
- 03744
- Licence plate code
- V
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- Rodewisch
- postal code
- 08228
- short name
- Ro
- hashtag
- Rodewisch
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- Demographics
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Rodewisch () is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3 km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20 km east of Plauen. Sputnik 1 was seen for the first time in the world in Rodewisch. The town was first mentioned in 1411 and has been a town since 1924. Today's Rodewisch 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== Historical population: {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" | valign="top" width="25%" | 1834: 2,643 1871: 3,455 1910: 9,494 1939: 11,237 1960: 12,828 | valign="top" width="25%" | 1971: 10,196 1981: 9,513 1998: 8,241 1999: 8,105 2000: 7,904 | valign="top" width="25%" | 2001: 7,793 2002: 7,762 2003: 7,670 2004: 7,654 2005: 7,562 | valign="top" width="25%" | 2007: 7,366 2008: 7,235 2011: 6,769 2012: 6,714 2013: 6,650 |}
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