title: Neusalza-Spremberg
text: # Neusalza-Spremberg
  
  Neusalza-Spremberg (pronunciation (help·info)) is a town in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Czech Republic, on the river Spree, 6 km northwest of Ebersbach, and 17 km southeast of Bautzen.
  
  ## Number of inhabitants
  
  * 1925: 3,675
  * 1939: 3,701
  * 1946: 4,436
  * 1950: 4,723
  * 1964: 4,204
  * 1990: 2,862
  * 2000: 2,567
  * 2005: 2,488
  * 2006: 2,442
  * 2007: 3,812 (after incorporation of Friedersdorf)
  * 2009: 3,691
  * 2012: 3,453
  * 2013: 3,420
  * 2015: 3,356
  
  ## Mayor
  
  Matthias Lehmann was reelected in June 2022.
  
  ## Sons and daughters of the town and its district Friedersdorf
  
  * Karl Thieme (1862-1932), theologian, extraordinary professor for Theology at the University of Leipzig
  * Paul Reichelt (1898-1981), German General of the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr
  