Neusalza-Spremberg

Neusalza-Spremberg
Coat of arms
Neusalza-Spremberg Location of Neusalza-Spremberg within Görlitz district
Coordinates: 51°2′20″N 14°31′46″E / 51.03889°N 14.52944°E / 51.03889; 14.52944Coordinates: 51°2′20″N 14°31′46″E / 51.03889°N 14.52944°E / 51.03889; 14.52944
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Görlitz
Municipal assoc.	Neusalza-Spremberg
Government
• Mayor	Matthias Lehmann (CDU)
Area
• Total	23.89 km2 (9.22 sq mi)
Elevation	325 m (1,066 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,410
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	02742
Dialling codes	035872
Vehicle registration	GR
Website	www.neusalza-spremberg.de

Neusalza-Spremberg is a town in the district Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Czech Republic, on the river Spree, 6 km northwest of Ebersbach, and 17 km southeast of Bautzen.

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 2015.^[2]

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

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