Grimma is a town on the left bank of the Mulde river in Saxony, Germany, about twenty five kilometers southeast of Leipzig, with 27,529 inhabitants as of December 2024. Of Sorbian origin, it was first documented in 1065 and founded around 1170, and from 1550 was home to one of three elite Saxon boarding schools, the Gymnasium St. Augustin, which still operates today. The town suffered severe flooding from the Mulde in both 2002 and 2013.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.238338 degrees north 1 FAQs
Where did Grimma's Princely School first open?
In the abandoned Augustinian monastery, ready in September 1550.
The school opened in a former monastery. In September 1550 the rooms in the abandoned monastery of Grimma's Augustinian Hermits were ready, with classrooms, a dining hall and a detention cell. The first pupils slept in the former monks' cells and were taught by four teachers at the start.
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At the age of nine, she was moved to Nimbschen Abbey, Cistercian community named Marienthron ('Mary's Throne') near Grimma, where her maternal aunt was a nun.
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1. Grimma (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 27,554 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.238338, longitude 12.728751
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 128 m
P2046 (area)
area 217.38 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 27554 (2025)
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Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1065
Grimma is of Sorbian origin and was first documented in 1065.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1065
Grimma is of Sorbian origin and was first documented in 1065.
Source text, founding-year: 1065
Grimma is of Sorbian origin and was first documented in 1065.
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On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
Upper Sorbian: Grima, pronounced [ˈɡʁʲima]) is a town in Saxony, Central Germany
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