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
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.156318 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone 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 FoundationSource 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
View the Source 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
View the Source3. GeoNames: Görlitz - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 210 m
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 14.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 14.75
51.25 14.75 Cfb
5. GeoNames: Görlitz - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2918987Quote, cities500 record 2918987
51.15518 14.98853 P PPLA3 DE 13 00 14626 14626110 57751 210 Europe/Berlin
Wikidata: Gorlitz
Wikidata Q4077, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Gorlitz (Wikipedia)
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