Radis is a village and a former municipality in

Wittenberg Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, north of Leipzig and south-west of the reunified German ...

district in Saxony-Anhalt,

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. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town

Kemberg Kemberg () is a town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The town lies on the north edge of the Düben Heath Nature Park. Subdivisions The town Kemberg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal districts:

Geography

Radis lies about 20 km southwest of

Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, north of Leipzig and south-west of the reunified German federal c ...

on the edge of the

Düben Heath Nature Park The Düben Heath Nature Park (), which covers large areas of the eponymous Düben Heath, was the first nature park in Germany that resulted from a citizen's initiative and not from a government office. Around 1990, in order to prevent the further ...

History

Radis was first documented in 1378 under the name ''Rodiß''.

Culture and sightseeing

The ''Papsthaus'' ("

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House"), located in a wooded area about 2 km west of Radis, was where

Johann Gottfried Galle Johann Gottfried Galle (9 June 1812 – 10 July 1910) was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was the first person to view the p ...

(1812–1910) was born. With his startling discovery of the planet

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, among other things, he became one of Germany's most important astronomers.

Economy and transportation

Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 100 between Wittenberg and

Gräfenhainichen Gräfenhainichen () is a town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography The town was the seat of the offices of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide until it was disbanded in Jan ...

runs right through the community. Radis

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

lies on the line between Wittenberg and Gräfenhainichen.

Notable residents

Wilhelm Traugott Krug Wilhelm Traugott Krug (22 June 177012 January 1842) was a German philosopher and writer. He is considered to be part of the Kantian School of logic. Life Krug was born on June 22, 1770, near Wittenberg to a farming family. He studied at the Univ ...

, philosopher *

, astronomer

External links

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft's website
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Kemberg {{Wittenberg-geo-stub