Grimma

Grimma

Grimma

Coat of arms Location

Administration

Country Germany

State Saxony

Admin. region Leipzig

District Leipzig

Mayor Matthias Berger

Basic statistics

Area 76.15 km² (29.4 sq mi)

Elevation 128 m (420 ft)

Population 19,457 (31/12/2006)

- Density 256 /km² (662 /sq mi)

Other information

Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Licence plate MTL

Postal code 04668

Area code 03437

Website www.grimma.de
Coordinates: 51°14′19″N 12°43′31″E / 51.23861, 12.72528

Grimma is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany on the left bank of the Mulde, 25 km southeast of Leipzig. Founded in c. 1170, it is part of the Leipzig district.

Culture

Grimma has been the site of many historic structures, including a town hall dating from 1442, a famous school (the Furstenschule) erected on the site of a former Augustinian monastery in 1550, and a school of brewing.

The High School St. Augustine of Grimma	Frauenkirche	Sawmill Höfgen	Old city as seen from the Mulde river
The bank of the Mulde	Armorial bearings on a bridge over Mulde in Grimma	Destroyed bridge over Mulde in Grimma	Memorial to the flood disaster 2002 in Grimma

References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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