Neusalza-Spremberg
# 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
