title: Rodewisch
text: # Rodewisch
  
  Rodewisch is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3 km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20 km east of Plauen. Sputnik 1 was seen for the first time in the world in Rodewisch. Rodewisch was first mentioned in 1411 and has been a town since 1924. Today's town was formed in 1859 by the merger of the three districts of Obergöltzsch, Untergöltzsch and Niederauerbach. Rodewisch has two hospitals and a planetarium. Until 1926 there was a large brass works in the town, which was the largest in northern Germany. Röthenbach and Rützengrün have belonged to Rodewisch since 1994 and 1992 respectively.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Historical population:
  
  | 1834: 2,643 1871: 3,455 1910: 9,494 1939: 11,237 1960: 12,828 | 1971: 10,196 1981: 9,513 1998: 8,241 1999: 8,105 2000: 7,904 | 2001: 7,793 2002: 7,762 2003: 7,670 2004: 7,654 2005: 7,562 | 2007: 7,366 2008: 7,235 2011: 6,769 2012: 6,714 2013: 6,650 |
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  ## Famous people born in Rodewisch
  
  * Falko Götz (b. 1962), football player and manager
  * Siegbert Hummel (1908–2001), Tibetologist and cultural historian
  * Gerd Schädlich (1952–2022), football player and manager
  * Yvonne Magwas (*1979), German politician
  