Oschatz

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websitewww.oschatz.org
mayorDavid Schmidt
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Oschatz () is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden.

Geography

Site and climate

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Oschatz lies in the Saxon Lowland and is located on the river Döllnitz, which joins the river Elbe as a left tributary 15 km away near Riesa. Oschatz is situated near the forested regions of the Dahlener Heath as well as the Wermsdorf Forest and the Collmberg. Neighboring districts include: Liebschützberg, Strehla, Riesa, Stauchitz, Naundorf, Wermsdorf and Dahlen.

The average air temperature in Oschatz is approximately 8.6 °C, the annual rainfall is about 570 millimeters.

| location = Oschatz (1991–2020 normals) | metric first = Y | single line = Y |collapsed = Y |Jan high C = 3.7 |Feb high C = 5.1 |Mar high C = 9.2 |Apr high C = 15.0 |May high C = 19.5 |Jun high C = 22.9 |Jul high C = 25.3 |Aug high C = 25.1 |Sep high C = 20.0 |Oct high C = 14.4 |Nov high C = 8.2 |Dec high C = 4.7 | year high C = 14.4 |Jan mean C = 2.3 |Feb mean C = 2.8 |Mar mean C = 5.7 |Apr mean C = 9.6 |May mean C = 13.4 |Jun mean C = 16.2 |Jul mean C = 18.5 |Aug mean C = 18.1 |Sep mean C = 14.2 |Oct mean C = 9.9 |Nov mean C = 6.0 |Dec mean C = 2.7 |year mean C = 10.0 |Jan low C = -2.0 |Feb low C = -1.6 |Mar low C = 0.9 |Apr low C = 4.0 |May low C = 7.9 |Jun low C = 11.4 |Jul low C = 13.5 |Aug low C = 13.3 |Sep low C = 9.7 |Oct low C = 5.8 |Nov low C = 2.0 |Dec low C = -0.6 | year low C = 5.4 | precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 43.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 32.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 42.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 32.0 |May precipitation mm = 52.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 53.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 74.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 63.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 49.2 |Oct precipitation mm = 43.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 47.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 44.3 | year precipitation mm = 578.5 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 16.8 |Feb precipitation days = 14.1 |Mar precipitation days = 15.3 |Apr precipitation days = 11.3 |May precipitation days = 12.6 |Jun precipitation days = 12.5 |Jul precipitation days = 14.0 |Aug precipitation days = 12.9 |Sep precipitation days = 11.9 |Oct precipitation days = 13.3 |Nov precipitation days = 15.2 |Dec precipitation days = 16.5 |year precipitation days = 166.4 |Jan sun = 60.5 |Feb sun = 81.9 |Mar sun = 126.8 |Apr sun = 186.7 |May sun = 224.4 |Jun sun = 225.3 |Jul sun = 233.2 |Aug sun = 214.5 |Sep sun = 160.2 |Oct sun = 116.4 |Nov sun = 67.0 |Dec sun = 53.8 |year sun = 1750.7 |Jan humidity = 83.9 |Feb humidity = 80.8 |Mar humidity = 77.3 |Apr humidity = 71.1 |May humidity = 71.3 |Jun humidity = 71.0 |Jul humidity = 69.0 |Aug humidity = 70.1 |Sep humidity = 76.7 |Oct humidity = 82.3 |Nov humidity = 86.1 |Dec humidity = 85.2 |unit snow days = 1.0 cm |Jan snow days = 9.7 |Feb snow days = 8.0 |Mar snow days = 3.8 |Apr snow days = 0.3 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 1.6 |Dec snow days = 5.7 |year snow days = | source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012165516/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Oschatz_10480.csv | archive-date = 12 October 2023 | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Oschatz_10480.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 12 October 2023}}

Subdistricts

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History

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Early times to 18th century

The area of the present-day town has been settled since Neolithic times. The name Oschatz derives from the Sorbian word for abatis. The first written mention was in 1200 as a name "Johannes de Ozzetz", however the association to Oschatz is uncertain. The first definite mention of the town dates from 1238, as Ozzechz is mentioned in a document from the Henry III, Margrave of Meißen. The oldest document found in the town archive is an indulgence letter from Bishop Conrad of Meißen, dated 1246. In 1344 the people's army The Geharnischten certified for the association of towns Oschatz, Torgau and Grimma, and a schoolmaster was employed in 1365. A fort in Oschatz was first mentioned in 1377, and a watch tower was erected at the site of the current museum. The town received market rights in 1394.

The town hall was built in the Market Square in 1477. In 1478 the town was awarded its own jurisdiction by the local rulers. The current town hall was built between 1538 and 1546. During the Reformation Oschatz, like many towns in the region, turned Protestant. There are still letters from Luther, Melanchthon and Justus Jonas in the town archives.

Plague killed 900 of 3000 inhabitants in 1566.

Oschatz was scene of a witchcraft trial in 1583. Leonhard Sihra was convicted of sorcery and was hanged.

In 1616 the town experienced a fire which destroyed 440 houses and storehouses.

19th century to modern times

Population development

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2011-12-3114,991 (est.)
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Architecture and monuments

Notable buildings:

  • The 16th century town hall, rebuilt after the 1842 fire
  • The 19th century neogothic St.-Aegidien-Kirche, with two 75 m high towers
  • The 13th-15th century Klosterkirche, the only remaining building of the Franciscan monastery
  • several 16th and 17th century buildings on the Neumarkt square

Monuments:

  • Monument in the town park to the victims of Fascism with an additional memorial plaque for French Resistance fighters, which was erected in 1984.
  • Graves and a memorial stone in the graveyard beside the chapel for 19 female predominantly Jewish Concentration Camp prisoners, who were on a death march from one of the subcamps of Buchenwald when they died in April 1945.
  • Memorial at the corner of Leipziger Platz and Friedrich-Naumann-Promenade in memory of the overnight stay of Ernst Thälmann, the chairman of the KPD before he was interned in Bautzen prison.
  • Plaque on the house at Strehlaer Straße 5, also in memorial of Thälmann.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Oschatz has a connection to the A14 autobahn via the exits Mutzschen, Leisnig or Döbeln-North. The Bundesstraße 6 goes through the town and the Bundesstraße 169 is few kilometres distant and connects with the A14 as well as the towns of Döbeln (towards Chemnitz) and Riesa (towards Cottbus).

Tourism

In the historic center the hotel and restaurant 'Zum Schwan' is located, one of the oldest inns in Saxony, founded in 1458. Oschatz is situated at the Via Regia, a centuries old trade route, recognised as Cultural Route of the Council of Europe.

Several historical monuments and other places of interest can be found in the old town.

Oschatz is the terminal station of the narrow gauge Döllnitzbahn.

The city hosted the 2006 Saxon Garden Exhibition (Landesgartenschau) and since that time has renovated and upgraded its landscape park, called O-Park.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Oschatz is twinned with:

People

References

References

  1. [https://wahlen.sachsen.de/download/Buergermeister/statistik-sachsen_wahlen_buergermeister_uebersicht_aktuell.xlsx Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022], Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225004/http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/generator/DWDWWW/Content/Oeffentlichkeit/KU/KU2/KU21/klimadaten/german/download__mw__temp__akt,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.zip/download_mw_temp_akt.zip Deutscher Wetterdienst: Mittelwerte der Temperatur in der Referenzperiode 1961–1990 nach Stationen] (ZIP-Datei, 51 KB)
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224917/http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/generator/DWDWWW/Content/Oeffentlichkeit/KU/KU2/KU21/klimadaten/german/download__mw__nieder__akt,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.zip/download_mw_nieder_akt.zip Deutscher Wetterdienst: Mittelwerte des Niederschlags in der Referenzperiode 1961–1990 nach Stationen] (ZIP-Datei, 343 KB)
  4. Manfred Wilde: ''Die Zauberei- und Hexenprozesse in Kursachsen'', Köln, Weimar, Wien 2003, S. 554f.
  5. "Oschatz (Nordsachsen, Gemeinden in Sachsen, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen und Lage in Karten und Tabellen".
  6. [https://www.oschatz-erleben.com/oschatz-information/sehenswuerdigkeiten/ Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt Oschatz], Oschatzer Freizeitstätten

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