Neusalza-Spremberg () is a town in the district

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...

, in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is situated on the border with the

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, on the river

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, 6 km northwest of Ebersbach, and 17 km southeast of

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin () is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river. In 2018 the town's population was 39,087. Until 1868, its German name was ''Budis ...

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 __NOTOC__ Paul Reichelt (29 March 1898 – 15 July 1981) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II and in the Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awards and dec ...

(1898-1981), German General of the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr

References

Towns in Görlitz (district) {{Görlitz-geo-stub