From top: View over old town, Delitzsch Castle in winter, Breite Straße in the old town, Breiter Turm at Wallgraben
Delitzsch
Delitzsch
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• Mayor (2022–29)
• Total
83.57 km2 (32.27 sq mi)
94 m (308 ft)
• Total
25,244
• Density
300/km2 (780/sq mi)
• Summer (DST)
034202
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Delitzsch (German pronunciation: [ˈdeːlɪt͡ʃ] ⓘ; Slavic: delčordelcz for hill) is a towninSaxonyinGermany, 20 km north of Leipzig and 30 km east of Halle (Saale). With 24,850 inhabitants at the end of 2015, it is the largest town in the district of Nordsachsen.
Archaeological evidence outside the town limits points to a settlement dating from the Neolithic Age. The first documented mention of Delitzsch dates from 1166 and it later became the Elector of Saxony's residence in the 17th and 18th centuries. The old town is well preserved, with several plazas, citizens' and patrician houses, towers, a baroque castle and the town's fortifications.
Delitzsch and its surrounding area contain water areas, hiking and cycling networks and nature reserves.
Delitzsch is located in the northwestern part of Nordsachsen in Saxony, at an altitude of 94 meters above sea level. Due to its location on the border with Saxony-Anhalt, Delitzsch is the northernmost town in Saxony. It is situated on the north heath and recreation area Goitzsche which extends across the Saxony-Saxony-Anhalt border to Bitterfeld-Wolfen. To the east is the spa town of Bad Düben, which is the starting point for the Düben Heath.
The total size of the urban area is 83.57 square kilometres (32.27 square miles). The north–south extension is 10 kilometres (6 miles) and the east–west extension 8.3 kilometres (5.2 miles). The adjacent communities are Löbnitz, Schönwölkau, Rackwitz and Neukyhna clockwise called from the north of town.
Name of the District
Area
in km2
Population at September 2011
(Main domicile)[3]
Density
inhabitants/km2
Delitzsch
with Gertitz, Kertitz and Werben
38.04
20,974
551
Beerendorf
2.38
585
246
Benndorf
3.62
382
106
Brodau
3.16
314
99
Döbernitz
1.17
833
712
Laue
5.22
203
39
Poßdorf
7.78
66
8
Rödgen
4.12
224
54
Schenkenberg
2.43
832
342
Selben
3.33
664
199
Spröda
6,42
287
45
Storkwitz
3.59
150
42
Zschepen
2.31
407
176
Overall
83.57
25,921
310
Delitzsch was founded as a town around 1200 AD (according to chronicles) and became recognized as a city in 1300 AD. Both before and after its founding, the city fought off many invaders: first the Slavic tribes who had lived there before the city was founded and then, later, in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), the Swedes. A legend arose from this final encounter with the Swedes, saying that when the Swedes reached the river Lober, the tower warden's daughter spied them and blew a trumpet, allowing the citizens of the town to get to safety and prepare, and as a result the invaders were defeated. Every year there is a historical medieval style fair to celebrate this victory over the Swedes and, during the fair, shops are open on Sundays.
As a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1814–15, Delitzsch was granted to Prussia from the Kingdom of Saxony. A district of Delitzsch was established for administrative purposes. From 1815 to 1944, Delitzsch was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony, from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg, from 1945 to 1952 of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk LeipzigofEast Germany and since 1990 of Saxony.
InWorld War II (1939–1945), only one building, the station, was burned, minimal damage in comparison with many other German urban centers.
According to a 1996 census, Delitzsch had more than 27,000 inhabitants.
(using town boundaries as at the time)
1789
2,500
1818
2,953
31 December 1837 ¹
4,332
31 December 1841 ¹
4,533
31 December 1871 ¹
8,111
31 December 1880 ¹
8,225
31 December 1890 ¹
8,949
31 December 1895 ¹
9,560
31 December 1910 ¹
13,031
31 December 1925 ¹
14,892
Date
Population
31 December 1933 ¹
16,476
31 December 1938
17,931
31 December 1939 ¹
18,016
29 October 1946
25,148
31 August 1950 ²
24,195
31 December 1960
22,892
31 December 1964
23,336
31 December 1970
24,435
31 December 1980
25,248
31 December 1984
27,953
31 December 1988
28,384
Date
Population
31 December 1990
27,051
31 December 1991
26,534
31 December 1992
26,249
31 December 1993
25,828
31 December 1994 ²
26,045
31. December 1995
25,762
31 December 1996 ²
25,579
31 December 1997
27,235
31 December 1998
26,963
31 December 1999
26,704
¹ Census
² Merging districts
Source: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen[4]
(using town boundaries as at the time)
Date
Population
Moving in
Moving out
Births
Deaths
Change
31 December 2000
26,331
933
1251
203
258
-373
31 December 2001
25,774
891
1366
197
279
-557
31 December 2002
25,573
1202
1322
195
276
-201
31 December 2003
25,287
998
1150
170
306
-286
31 December 2004 ¹
28,001
990
1070
209
328
-197
31 December 2005
27,780
925
1026
203
324
-221
31 December 2006
27,521
885
982
179
341
-259
31 December 2007
27,181
875
1107
232
341
-340
31 December 2008
26,958
961
1069
202
316
-223
31 December 2009
26,532
801
1078
198
348
-426
31 December 2010
26,344
853
899
212
355
-188
Deaths
Change
9 May 2011
25,361
-
-
-
-
-
31 December 2011
25,162
852
1023
216
357
-312
31 December 2012
25,148
1116
962
183
349
-12
31 December 2013
25,005
954
992
204
317
-151
31 December 2014
24.911
1063
1005
192
348
−98
31 December 2015
24.850
1223
1122
195
366
−70
¹ Merging districts
Source: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen[5]
The town council consists of the lord mayor and 30 town councillors. Every five years, the town council is chosen anew. The inaugural meeting of newly elected council always takes place in the conference hall of the city hall. The current council has been in place since the last local election (held on 26 May 2019), and is constituted as follows:
Party
% of vote
2019
Seats
2019
% of vote
2014[note 1]
Seats
2014
% of vote
2009
Seats
2009
CDU
25,9 %
8
34,4 %
11
34,9 %
11
FWG
23,3 %
7
18,5 %
6
14,6 %
4
AfD
16,0 %
5
–
–
–
–
SPD
14,3 %
4
20,5 %
6
20,5 %
7
LINKE
10,0 %
3
15,6 %
5
08,9 %
6
BI
Bürgerinitiative Menschenskinder e.V.
03,9 %
1
–
–
–
–
HV
Heimatverein Döbernitz e.V.
03,5 %
1
03,3 %
1
02,7 %
0
GRÜNE
03,1 %
1
02,4 %
0
–
–
NPD
–
–
04,4 %
03,8 %
1
FDP
–
–
01,0 %
0
04,6 %
1
Total
100%
30
100%
30
100%
30
% of Vote
53,7 %
42,4 %
39,5 %
The next council elections are scheduled for 2024.
Historian Manfred Wilde (born 1962) won the mayoral election in 2008 with 60.2 percent of the votes cast.
The emblem of the town Delitzsch combines two different arms, the house of Wettin or tribal emblem and the County of the Mark Meissen. It shows two upright poles blue (Landsberger piles) that are in a golden box, and this split in three parts. In the middle of the main shield of the emblem can be seen in an inclined position as a means to shield Meissen black lion on a golden shield. The middle blade is tilted forward, and so the lion appears as upright as possible, or borders. He has two tail tuft, with their division begins in the middle of the tail, which should point to the Mark Meissen County. As an accessory, the coat of arms (1526 introduced) a fluttering ribbon bearing the inscription: "Secretum civium in delitzsch" (loosely translated: Privy Seal of Delitzsch).
Friedrichshafen, Germany (1990) Monheim am Rhein, Germany (1990)
Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland (2000)To the west of the town the national roads B183a and B184 intersect.
Delitzsch has an "upper station" with two platforms and a "lower station" with three tracks. Both stations are in the tariff zone 165 of the regional public transport network (Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund). Since December 2008 the two stations have been served Mitteldeutsche Regionalbahn ("Central German regional railway" (MRB)) in addition to Deutsche Bahn (DB), services to and from Delitzsch oberer Bahnhof have been taken over by Abellio in 2015. The upper station is served by regional trains hourly on weekdays, two-hourly on weekends. The lower station is served by S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland and by regional trains between Leipzig and Magdeburg. Long-distance services can be reached by changing in Leipzig or Halle.
Leipzig/Halle Airport is located 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Delitzsch.
The most important industries in Delitzsch included the sugar and confectionery industry. Currently, the Delitzscher Chocolate Factory (acquired on 1 October 2008 by the Halloren Chocolate Factory AG), the EuroMaint Rail GmbH (former rail car plant SFW Delitzsch GmbH), URSA Insulation and the Smurfit Kappa Corrugated board plant are the major industrial employers. Most of these big companies are located in the industrial area on the south-west side.
Due to the EU production quotas for sugar, the sugar factory (Südzucker) was shut down in 2001.
Lignite mining was discontinued in the early 1990s, the remaining mines are planned to be a system of lakes and heathland in an arc from the southwest to the north.
Among the many sports clubs in North Saxony district town, among other things, the annual sporting events like the LVZ Bicycle Ride, Delitzsch moves or the old town race. More than 13 sports clubs are based in the region of Delitzsch. Some of the clubs:
The first school was built around 1426 as a boys school and was expanded in the 16th century to cater for girls. Today more than 3,500 students learn in ten public and three private schools. These include three primary schools, two Mittelschulen (secondary schools), one grammar school, two colleges and two special schools. The School of Music, the Adult high school and the acting school are private schools.
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