DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Freistaat Sachsen	Saxony
Landkreis: Leipzig

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Grimma is situated at an elevation of 128 m on the river Mulde in norther Saxony, about 25 km southeast of Leipzig and 16 km south of Wurzen. Following numerous mergers with neighbouring communities in 2011/2012, the municipality now has a population of about 28,200 (2017), making it the largest and most populous in the district Leipzig.

The first Slavic settlements were already founded before the first known written mention which dates from 1200. In 1220 Grimma obtained the privileges of a town. The margraves of Meißen and later Electors of Saxony frequently stayed in the local castle. Margrave Albrecht III of Meißen (Duke 'Albrecht the Bold/Courageous' of Saxony), the founder of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin, was born here in 1443. Grimma became the administrative centre of the district Grimma in 1952 and that of the Muldental district in 1994. Since 2008 it is part of the district Leipzig.

The Altes Schloss ('old castle') [left] was first mentioned in 1220. Enlarged around 1400 and around 1500, it was destroyed in 1644 during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) but rebuilt thereafter. The upper parts of the keep were broken off in 1796/1810. Since the 19th century it was used as distriict court (on glass no. 3576 it is thus labeled Amtsgericht). Damaged by the flooding of the river Mulde in 2002, the restorations were finished in 2012.

The old Mulde bridge [foreground centre], today called Pöppelmannbrücke, was built in 1716–1719 by the architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. The bridge originally had 6 arches spanning the river. During the flooding of 2002 the two central arches were destroyed and today are replaced by a steel pipe rigid-frame construction.

The building depicted on the right is labeled Schützenhaus ('shooters' house').

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimma; https://www.alleburgen.de/bd.php?id=9006; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pöppelmannbrücke_(Grimma)]