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Oschatz Church
OschatzLocation of Oschatz within Nordsachsen district
Coordinates 51°18′1″N 13°6′26″E / 51.30028°N 13.10722°ECoordinates: 51°18′1″N 13°6′26″E / 51.30028°N 13.10722°E Administration Country Germany State Saxony Admin. region Leipzig District Nordsachsen Mayor Andreas Kretschmar Basic statistics Area 55.31 km2 (21.36 sq mi) Elevation 120 m (394 ft) Population 15,266 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 276 /km2 (715 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate TDO Postal code 04758 Area code 03435 Website www.stadt-oschatz.de Oschatz is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden.
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Geography
Site and Climate
Climate diagram for Oschatz
Oschatz lies in the Saxon Lowland and is located on the river Doellnitz, which joins the river Elbe as a left tributary 15 km away near Riesa. Oschatz is situated near the forested regions of the Dahlener Heath as well as the Wermsdorfer Forest and the Collmberg. Neighboring districts include: Liebschützberg, Strehla, Riesa, Stauchitz, Naundorf, Wermsdorf and Dahlen.
The average air temperature in Oschatz is approximately 8.6 °C[2], the annual rainfall is about 570 millimeters.[3]
Subdistricts
The administrative district of the town Oschatz also contains the following 14 townlands:
- Kleinforst
- Altoschatz
- Fliegerhorst
- Leuben
- Limbach
- Lonnewitz
- Mannschatz
- Merkwitz
- Rechau
- Schmorkau
- Striesa
- Thalheim (with Saalhausen und Kreischa)
- Zöschau
- Zschöllau
History
Early Times to 18th Century
The area of the present-day town has been settled since Neolithic times. The name Oschatz derives derives from the Sorbian word for abatis. The first written mention was in 1200 as a name "Johannes de Ozzetz", however the association to Oschatz is uncertain. The firs definite mention of the town dates from 1238, as Ozzechz is mentioned in a document from the Markgrave Heinrich III. von Meißen. The oldest document found in the town aarchive is an indulgence letter from Bishop Conrad of Meißen, dated 1246. In 1344 the people's army The Geharnischten certified for the association of towns Oschatz, Torgau and Grimma, and a schoolmaster was employed in 1365. A Eine „Vestung“ wird in Oschatz 1377 erstgenannt, es wird ein Stadtwachturm auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Museums errichtet. The town received market rights in 1394.
Oschatz in 1830
Oschatz Town Hall 1838
View in 1850International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in GermanyOschatz is twinned with:
Blomberg, Germany- Filderstadt, Germany
Starogard Gdański, Poland
Třebíč, Czech Republic
Vénissieux, France
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf.
- ^ Deutscher Wetterdienst: Mittelwerte der Temperatur in der Referenzperiode 1961–1990 nach Stationen (ZIP-Datei, 51 KB)
- ^ Deutscher Wetterdienst: Mittelwerte des Niederschlags in der Referenzperiode 1961–1990 nach Stationen (ZIP-Datei, 343 KB)
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