Delitzsch

Delitzsch lies north of Leipzig on the Lober. Its name is of Slavic origin, and the settlement was first documented in 1166. A town developed around 1200, protected by walls and towers, with a castle that later served Saxon rulers as a residence. During the Thirty Years' War the town faced Swedish forces; a local tradition tells how a tower watchman's daughter sounded a warning as they approached. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Delitzsch passed from Saxony to Prussia.