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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Neusalza-Spremberg

Neusalza-Spremberg (pronunciation) is a town in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Czech Republic, on the river Spree, 6 km northwest of Ebersbach, and 17 km southeast of Bautzen.

Number of inhabitants

  • 1925: 3,675
  • 1939: 3,701
  • 1946: 4,436
  • 1950: 4,723
  • 1964: 4,204
  • 1990: 2,862
  • 2000: 2,567
  • 2005: 2,488
  • 2006: 2,442
  • 2007: 3,812 (after incorporation of Friedersdorf)
  • 2009: 3,691
  • 2012: 3,453
  • 2013: 3,420
  • 2015: 3,356

Mayor

Matthias Lehmann was reelected in June 2022.

Sons and daughters of the town and its district Friedersdorf

  • Karl Thieme (1862-1932), theologian, extraordinary professor for Theology at the University of Leipzig
  • Paul Reichelt (1898-1981), German General of the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr