Rötha

Rötha

Rötha

Town in Saxony, Germany

Not to be confused with Rotha, a village in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Rötha is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 16 km south of Leipzig. On 1 August 2015 it was expanded with the former municipality Espenhain.[3]

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Districts

  • Mölbis - independent village until 1999, formerly infamous for being the most polluted village in the GDR,[4] later in all of Europe ("der dreckigste Ort Europas") because of its vicinity to Espenhain lignite industry plants [5]
  • Espenhain
  • Oelzschau
  • Pötzschau

References

  1. [1]
    Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  2. [2]
    "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
  3. [3]
    Gebietsänderungen von Januar bis Dezember 2015, Statistisches Bundesamt
  4. [4]
    "Dreckigstes Dorf der DDR: Mölbis lag unter einer Dunstglocke". 25 July 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Braunkohle: Deutschland baut sich ab". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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