{{short description|Town in Saxony, Germany}} {{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = DEU Radeberg COA.svg | image_skyline = {{multiple image | total_width = 280 | border = infobox | perrow = 1/2/13 | caption_align = center | image1 = Radeberg-FH-Blick.jpg | caption1 = Radeberg with church | image2 = Radeberger Exportbierbrauerei - Darreturm.jpg | caption2 = Building of Radeberger Brewery | image3 = 120318 Radeberg Rathaus mit Postmeilensaeule, Ausschnitt.jpg | caption3 = Town hall | image4 = Klippenstein.jpg | caption4 = Klippenstein castle }} |coordinates = {{Coord|51|7|N|13|55|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Radeberg in BZ.svg |state = Sachsen |district = Bautzen |elevation = 250 |area = 29.83 |postal_code = 01454 |area_code = 03528 |licence = BZ, BIW, HY, KM |Gemeindeschlüssel = 14625480 |divisions = 5 |website = {{URL|https://www.radeberg.de}} {{In lang|de}} |mayor = Frank Höhme<ref>[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/download/Buergermeister/statistik-sachsen_wahlen_buergermeister_uebersicht_aktuell.xlsx Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022], Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.</ref> |leader_term = 2022–29 |party = }}
'''Radeberg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʁaːdəˌbɛʁk|-|De-Radeberg.ogg}}) is a Große Kreisstadt ("major district town") in the district of Bautzen, Saxony, Germany. It is located approximately 20 kilometres north-east of Dresden. The town has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and an old castle.
==History== Radeberg was mentioned for the first time in 1219, when farmers settled on the country to the large Roeder. The name of the place is probably derived from this river. In less than 150 years a market place, a castle and own units developed. In the year 1412 the municipal law was lent to the small market town.
500 years ago silver was found close of the town. The discovery site was thereupon renamed as Silver Hill. The mine was however quickly exhausted.
A labour camp of the Reich Labour Service was operated in the town under Nazi Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenhumbergreinhard.de/1933-1945-lager/rad-abteilungen/xv-sachsen.html|title=XV Sachsen|access-date=24 November 2023|language=de}}</ref> During World War II, the Nazis operated a forced labour camp for men and women in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000620|title=Arbeitserziehungslager Radeberg|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=24 November 2023|language=de}}</ref> During the final stages of the war, on April 22, 1945, the Polish 1st Armoured Corps captured the town.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ganzel|first=Karol|year=1955|title=Wyzwolenie Śląska|magazine=Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka|language=pl|volume=10|issue=1-2|publisher=Ossolineum|location=Wrocław|page=79}}</ref>
==Industry== Its principal industries are the manufacture of glass, machinery, furniture and paper, and it produces a light lager "Radeberger Beer" which is largely exported. The company ''Robotron Elektronik Radeberg'', formerly well known in East Germany for the production of portable television sets and powerful data processing equipment, was there. The Radeberger Brewery was founded in 1872, and is part of the Oetker Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oetker-gruppe.de/de/geschaeftsbereiche/bier-und-alkoholfreie-getraenke|title=Bier und alkoholfreie Getränke - Geschäftsbereiche|website=www.oetker-gruppe.de|language=de|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref> It brews Radeberger Pilsner,<ref>[http://www.radeberger.de/ Radeberger Exportbierbrauerei]</ref> a 4.8% abv pale lager.
==Transportation== [[File:Radeberg Bahnhof1.JPG|thumb|Radeberg station]] The town is accessible by Radeberg railway station of Deutsche Bahn.
== Notable people == (<small>Chronological order</small>) * Johannes Gelbke (1846–1903), German classical composer * Theodor Arldt (1878–1960), German nature scientist, paleontologist, writer, teacher * Georg Naumann (1901–1978), pioneering the exploration of northwest Canada / Alberta, esp. oil sands research * Erhard Fischer (1922–1996), German music and theatre director * Christian Leuckert (1930 - 2011), German botanist and lichenologist * Hartmut Schade (born 1954), football player * Thomas Scheibitz (born 1968), painter and sculptor
==See also== * List of cities and towns in Germany
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Radeberg}} *[https://www.radeberg.de Official Web Site of Town Council] *[http://radeberg.davidata.net/?ver=2&wiki0108en News In Town (english)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723081841/http://radeberg.davidata.net/?ver=2&wiki0108en |date=2011-07-23 }} *{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Radeberg|volume=22|page=784 |short=x}} *{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Radeberg |short=x}}
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