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Riesa

Coordinates: 51°18′29″N 13°17′38″E / 51.30806°N 13.29389°E

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Riesa
Town
Riesa with the Trinitatis Church near the Elbe River in July 2008
Coat of arms
Location of Riesa within Meißen district
Riesa Show map of Germany Riesa Show map of Saxony
Coordinates: 51°18′29″N 13°17′38″E / 51.30806°N 13.29389°E / 51.30806; 13.29389
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Meißen
Subdivisions	16
Government
• Mayor (2021–28)	Marco Müller^[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	58.91 km² (22.75 sq mi)
Elevation	109 m (358 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)^[2]
• Total	29,076
• Density	490/km² (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01587, 01589, 01591, 01594
Dialling codes	03525
Vehicle registration	MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
Website	www.riesa.de

Riesa (Upper Sorbian: Ryzawa) is a town in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany. It is located on the river Elbe, approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Dresden.

History

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The name Riesa is derived from Slavic Riezowe. This name, romanised as "Rezoa", appears first in October 1119 in a document from Pope Callixtus II.

The world's first 110 kV power line was installed between Riesa and Lauchhammer in 1912. Between 1952 and 1994, Riesa was the seat of a district.

During the 1980s, Riesa was the headquarters of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany's 9th Tank Division.

Population history

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The town grew from the start of the 20th century due to industrialisation. The population declined after German Reunification in 1989. The local steel works shut and the population fell from 52,000 to 31,000.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1575	350	—
1834	1,631	+366.0%
1849	2,679	+64.3%
1875	5,707	+113.0%
1880	6,259	+9.7%
1900	13,491	+115.5%
1933	26,248	+94.6%
1939	29,963	+14.2%
1946	34,406	+14.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1950	36,150	+5.1%
1960	36,769	+1.7%
1981	51,857	+41.0%
1995	42,429	−18.2%
2000	39,367	−7.2%
2005	36,221	−8.0%
2010	33,351	−7.9%
2015	31,541	−5.4%
2019	29,754	−5.7%

Sights

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Riesa has a 25 m tall, 234 tonne, cast-iron (GGG 40) sculpture of an oak trunk, named Elbquelle, which means source of the Elbe, by Jörg Immendorff, erected in 1999. Local folk call the sculpture by many other names, most notably "Rostige Eiche", which means "Rusty Oak".

In Riesa there are two notable churches. The minster St. Marien was built in 1261 as an addition to the Benedictine Abbey. The Trinitatis Church was completed in 1897.

Culture

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Riesa is well known locally for its pasta, which is produced at Teigwaren Riesa GmbH. Another symbol of Riesa are the Riesaer Zündhölzer, the matches which were traditionally manufactured there.

The steel production in Riesa is also well known.

Sport

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Riesa has a football club, BSG Stahl Riesa. The club's crest is blue and white, as are the club colours. They play now in the Landesliga Sachsen (6th tier).

Riesa is known locally for the SACHSENarena, a large hall which hosted the European Sumo Wrestling Championship in October 2003 and the World Sumo Wrestling Championship in October 2004.

Twin towns – sister cities

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Riesa is twinned with:^[3]

Głogów, Poland
Lonato del Garda, Italy
Mannheim, Germany
Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
Sandy, United States
Villerupt, France
Wuzhong (Suzhou), China

Transport

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Riesa railway station is located north of the town's centre, it offers both regional and long-distance services.

Riesa is located on Bundesstraße 169, which ensures access to federal motorways A 14 (close to Döbeln, approx. 25 km) and A 13 (close to Ruhland, approx. 50 km).

Notable people

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Adolph von Carlowitz (1858–1928), Saxon officer, general of the infantry and war minister
Johannes Müller (1864–1949), theologian
Rolf Moebius (1915–2004), actor
Dieter Noll (1927–2008), writer
Jürgen Schmieder (born 1952), politician
Monika Zehrt (born 1952), athlete
Olaf Jentzsch (born 1958), cyclist
Heiko Peschke (born 1963), footballer
Ulf Kirsten (born 1965), footballer
Rüdiger Heinze (born 1971), film producer and screenwriter
Maximilian Arnold (born 1994), footballer

Associated with the town

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Walter Fritzsch (1920–1997), football coach
Wolfgang Lischke (born 1947), footballer
Peter Kotte (born 1954), footballer
Harald Czudaj (born 1963), bobsledder
Ralf Hauptmann (born 1968), footballer

References

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^ Wahlergebnisse 2021, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
^ "Partnerstädte". riesa.de (in German). Riesa. Retrieved 2021-03-15.

External links

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Official website
Riesa tourism site
Official Web site of Stahl Riesa Footballclub
Texts on Wikisource:
- "Riesa". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
- "Riesa". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

v t e Towns and municipalities in Meissen (district)
Coswig Diera-Zehren Ebersbach Glaubitz Gröditz Großenhain Hirschstein Käbschütztal Klipphausen Lampertswalde Lommatzsch Meissen Moritzburg Niederau Nossen Nünchritz Priestewitz Radebeul Radeburg Riesa Röderaue Schönfeld Stauchitz Strehla Thiendorf Weinböhla Wülknitz Zeithain		Coat of arms

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