Wurzen

Wurzen
Wurzen
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wurzen within Leipzig district
	Wurzen Wurzen
	Coordinates: 51°22′N 12°43′E / 51.367°N 12.717°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Leipzig
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor	Jörg Röglin (Ind.)
Area
• Total	68.54 km2 (26.46 sq mi)
Elevation	124 m (407 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	16,614
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04808
Dialling codes	03425, 034261
Vehicle registration	L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
Website	www.wurzen.de

Wurzen is a town on the banks of the river Mulde in north-western Saxony, Germany, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the city of Leipzig.

One of its claims to fame is the fact that in 1768, the famous German author Goethe traveled through Wurzen and had to wait a long time for the ferry over the Mulde River. While waiting for the boat, he was doing some thinking and later wrote a part of Faust.^[2]

References

↑ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
↑ "Wurzen - Colorful Town With Culture, Architecture, History, Etc". Retrieved 2022-08-05.

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[1] "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.

[2] "Wurzen - Colorful Town With Culture, Architecture, History, Etc". Retrieved 2022-08-05.

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