 Gröditz is located on a 100 meter high plains that of the Röder is crossed.The city is located on the Saxon side of today's Saxon - Brandenburg border and the former Saxon - Prussian border.By Groeditz leads the Elsterwerda-Grödel raft Channel (Floßgraben) that for the supply of the Dresden-Meissen Elbe Valley with wood from the Schrade forest was created and later to a location-promoting compound of iron-processing plants Riesa, Groeditz and Lauchhammer was (1947 shipping set).