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Görlitz

Western Europe

Gorlitz is a town in Saxony, Germany, on the river Lusatian Neisse, and the largest town in Upper Lusatia. It is the easternmost town in Germany, lying opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which formed the eastern part of Gorlitz until 1945; the two together form the Euro-City of Gorlitz/Zgorzelec, with a combined population of around 86,000, while Gorlitz itself has approximately 56,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest town in Saxony and seat of the district of Gorlitz.

Facts
Population
86,000 1
Area (sq km)
67.22 2
Founding Year
1071 1
Founding Year
1071 1
Elevation (m)
201 2
Latitude
51.156318 degrees north 2
Longitude
14.991018 degrees east 2
FAQs

Why did Görlitz become a prosperous trading town?

It sat on the Via Regia trade route and grew rich on the cloth trade.

Görlitz was first mentioned in 1071 and developed as a key trading town on the Via Regia, the route linking Western and Eastern Europe. In the Late Middle Ages it prospered through the cloth trade and became a member of the Lusatian League.
Sources
1. Gorlitz (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1071
    Görlitz, as Goreliz, was first mentioned in a document from the King of Germany, and later Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV in 1071.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1071
    Görlitz, as Goreliz, was first mentioned in a document from the King of Germany, and later Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV in 1071.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1071
    Görlitz, as Goreliz, was first mentioned in a document from the King of Germany, and later Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV in 1071.
  • Lead paragraph, population
    population of around 86,000
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
    Gerltsch; Upper Sorbian: Zhorjelc [ˈzhɔʁʲɛlts] ) is a town in Saxony, Germany
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2. Gorlitz (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.156318, longitude 14.991018
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 201 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 67.22 sq km
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Wikidata: Gorlitz
Wikidata Q4077, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Gorlitz (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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