Lommatzsch Hłomač (Upper Sorbian) | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Lommatzsch within Meißen district  | |
 Location of Lommatzsch | |
  Lommatzsch  Lommatzsch | |
| Coordinates:51°12′N13°18′E / 51.200°N 13.300°E /51.200; 13.300 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Meißen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–26) | Anita Maaß[1] (FDP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 66.63 km2 (25.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 168 m (551 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,745 |
| • Density | 71.21/km2 (184.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 01621–01623 |
| Dialling codes | 035241 |
| Vehicle registration | MEI, GRH, RG, RIE |
| Website | www |
Lommatzsch (German pronunciation:[ˈlɔmat(s)ʃ]ⓘ;Upper Sorbian:Hłomač,pronounced[ˈhwɔmatʃ]) is a municipality located in thedistrict of Meißen in theFree State of Saxony,Germany.
Lommatzsch lies amidst the so-calledLommatzscher Pflege, an area of land featuring high qualityloessic soil and therefore mainly used agriculturally.
Albertitz, Altlommatzsch, Altsattel, Arntitz, Barmenitz, Birmenitz, Churschütz, Daubnitz, Dennschütz, Dörschnitz, Grauswitz, Ickowitz, Jessen, Klappendorf, Krepta, Lautzschen, Löbschütz, Lommatzsch, Marschütz, Mögen, Neckanitz, Paltzschen, Petzschwitz, Piskowitz, Pitschütz, Poititz, Prositz, Rauba, Roitzsch, Scheerau, Schwochau, Sieglitz, Striegnitz, Trogen, Wachtnitz, Weitzschenhain, Wuhnitz, Zöthain, Zscheilitz.
The town's name is derived from the West SlavicGlomacze tribe (Daleminzier inGerman), who settled here around 800 C.E. at theGlomucisanctuary, a now dry lake north of the town. Lommatzsch in theMargraviate of Meissen was first mentioned as Lomats in a 1286 deed. Other previous variations of the name recorded include:
On 12 August 1330, theWettin margraveFrederick I ceded to the Meissenburgrave the tax receipts from the Lommatzsch citizens for having the right tobrew beer. A mayor and a board was mentioned in 1386, the council's constitution of 1412 ordered a mayor and 9 boardmembers. In 1423 Lommatzsch with the Meissen margraviate was merged into theElectorate of Saxony under Wettin rule.
The currentSaint Wenceslaus parish church was erected from 1504 onwards, threeGothic spikes were set on the tower of a predecessor building and anave was added. The town becameProtestant in 1539, when Ambrosius Naumann became first Evangelicalpastor. Thetown hall in its current size was erected from 1550 to 1555, and the Saint Wenceslaus Church received its first tower clock in 1591. In 1607 and 1611 the town was heavily affected byplague epidemics, leaving 1350 dead, soon followed by the destructiveThirty Years' War: after ElectorJohn George I of Saxony had sided with KingGustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Lommatzsch was burnt down in 1632 byAlbrecht von Wallenstein's Imperial troops and again in 1645, after the Elector had switched sides, bySwedish forces under GeneralLennart Torstenson. Nevertheless, Saxony rose quickly after the war. Under ElectorFrederick Augustus I, a Saxon stagecoachmilestone was erected on the market square.
| Date | Timeline of Events |
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| 1814 | The church got a new organ. |
| 1849 | First newspaper theLommatzscher Anzeiger cause by the revolution. |
| 1854 | Acourt was built. |
| 1857 | TheGewerbeverein was founded. |
| 1859 | Inauguration of the schools main building. |
| 1865 | Foundation of theFreiwillige Feuerwehr. |
| 1873 | Disunion of church and school, so now two schools are existing. |
| 1878 | Gymnasium was built. |
| 1877 | Railroad toRiesa and 1880 toNossen was opened. |
| 1909 | Anarrow-gauge railway theSchmalspurbahn toMeißen and 1911 toDöbeln was opened. |
| end of WWII | Front reached Lommatzsch. |
| 25.–28. April 1945 | Lommatzsch was conquered by theSoviet Union |
| 29. April–5. Mai 1945 | Lommatzsch was conquered back by the Germans. 36 people accused by the community as being foreign workers and a thief (a 16-year-old boy) were shot in front of the church bySS. After the fall ofBerlin, the SS absconded and theRed Army again occupied Lommatzsch, an event viewed by the local population as a calamity. |
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