Rodewisch

Rodewisch
Town
Rodewisch seen from the train station
Coat of arms
Location of Rodewisch within Vogtlandkreis district
Rodewisch Show map of Germany Rodewisch Show map of Saxony
Coordinates: 50°31′N 12°25′E / 50.517°N 12.417°E / 50.517; 12.417
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)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,451
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
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 is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of 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. 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.

Historical population:

• Falko Götz (born 1962), football player and manager
• Siegbert Hummel (1908–2001), Tibetologist and cultural historian
• Gerd Schädlich (1952–2022), football player and manager
• Yvonne Magwas (born 1979), German politician

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