Editing Delitzsch (section)

== History ==
Delitzsch was founded as a town around 1200 AD (according to chronicles) and became recognized as a city in 1300 AD.  Both before and after its founding, the city fought off many invaders: first the [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] tribes who had lived there before the city was founded and then, later, in the [[Thirty Years' War]] (1618–1648), the [[Sweden|Swedes]].  A [[legend]] arose from this final encounter with the Swedes, saying that when the Swedes reached the river [[Lober (Mulde)|Lober]], the tower warden's daughter spied them and blew a trumpet, allowing the citizens of the town to get to safety and prepare, and as a result the invaders were defeated.  Every year there is a historical medieval style fair to celebrate this victory over the Swedes and, during the fair, shops are open on Sundays.

As a result of the [[Congress of Vienna]] in 1814–15, Delitzsch was granted to [[Prussia]] from the [[Kingdom of Saxony]]. A [[Delitzsch (district)|district of Delitzsch]] was established for administrative purposes. From 1815 to 1944, Delitzsch was part of the [[Prussia|Prussian]] [[Province of Saxony]], from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of [[Halle-Merseburg]], from 1945 to 1952 of the State of [[Saxony-Anhalt]], from 1952 to 1990 of the [[Bezirk Leipzig]] of [[East Germany]] and since 1990 of [[Saxony]].

In [[World War II]] (1939–1945), only one building, the station, was burned, minimal damage in comparison with many other German urban centers.

According to a 1996 census, Delitzsch had more than 27,000 inhabitants.

===Historical population===

==== 1747–1999 ====
(using town boundaries as at the time)
{| 
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#efefef;" | Date
! style="background:#efefef;" | Population
|-----
| 1747 || align="right" | 390 houses, 70&nbsp;½  [[Oxgang]]s
|-----
| 1789 || align="right" | 2,500
|-----
| 1818 || align="right" | 2,953
|-----
| 31 December 1837 ¹ || align="right" | 4,332
|-----
| 31 December 1841 ¹ || align="right" | 4,533
|-----
| 31 December 1871 ¹ || align="right" | 8,111
|-----
| 31 December 1880 ¹ || align="right" | 8,225
|-----
| 31 December 1890 ¹ || align="right" | 8,949
|-----
| 31 December 1895 ¹ || align="right" | 9,560
|-----
| 31 December 1910 ¹ || align="right" | 13,031
|-----
| 31 December 1925 ¹ || align="right" | 14,892
|-----
|}
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#efefef;" | Date
! style="background:#efefef;" | Population
|-----
| 31 December 1933 ¹ || align="right" | 16,476
|-----
| 31 December 1938 || align="right" | 17,931
|-----
| 31 December 1939 ¹ || align="right" | 18,016
|-----
| 29 October 1946 || align="right" | 25,148
|-----
| 31 August 1950 ² || align="right" | 24,195
|-----
| 31 December 1960 || align="right" | 22,892
|-----
| 31 December 1964 || align="right" | 23,336
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| 31 December 1970 || align="right" | 24,435
|-----
| 31 December 1980 || align="right" | 25,248
|-----
| 31 December 1984 || align="right" | 27,953
|-----
| 31 December 1988 || align="right" | 28,384
|-----
|}
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#efefef;" | Date
! style="background:#efefef;" | Population
|-----
| 31 December 1990 || align="right" | 27,051
|-----
| 31 December 1991 || align="right" | 26,534
|-----
| 31 December 1992 || align="right" | 26,249
|-----
| 31 December 1993 || align="right" | 25,828
|-----
| 31 December 1994 ² || align="right" | 26,045
|-----
| 31. December 1995 || align="right" | 25,762
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| 31 December 1996 ² || align="right" | 25,579
|-----
| 31 December 1997 || align="right" | 27,235
|-----
| 31 December 1998 || align="right" | 26,963
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| 31 December 1999 || align="right" | 26,704
|-----
|}
|}
¹ Census <br />
² Merging districts

Source: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen<ref>Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen: [http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/regioreg/RRServlet?function=Lesen&id=21699&type=14005&param= Regionalregister Sachsen: ''Delitzsch'']</ref>

=== 2000–present ===
(using town boundaries as at the time)
{|
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#efefef;" | Date
! style="background:#efefef;" | Population
! style="background:#efefef;" | Moving in
! style="background:#efefef;" | Moving out
! style="background:#efefef;" | Births
! style="background:#efefef;" | Deaths
! style="background:#efefef;" | Change
|-----
| 31 December 2000 || align="right" | 26,331 ||933||1251||203||258||-373
|-----
| 31 December 2001 || align="right" | 25,774 ||891||1366||197||279||-557
|-----
| 31 December 2002 || align="right" | 25,573 ||1202||1322||195||276||-201
|-----
| 31 December 2003 || align="right" | 25,287 ||998||1150||170||306||-286
|-----
| 31 December 2004 ¹ || align="right" | 28,001 ||990||1070||209||328||-197
|-----
| 31 December 2005 || align="right" | 27,780 ||925||1026||203||324||-221
|-----
| 31 December 2006 || align="right" | 27,521 ||885||982||179||341||-259
|-----
| 31 December 2007 || align="right" | 27,181 ||875||1107||232||341||-340
|-----
| 31 December 2008 || align="right" | 26,958 ||961||1069||202||316||-223
|-----
| 31 December 2009 || align="right" | 26,532 ||801||1078||198||348||-426
|-----
| 31 December 2010 || align="right" | 26,344 ||853||899||212||355||-188
|-----
|}
|}
{|
| valign="top" |
| style="background: #F3F3F3"  colspan="4" align="center" |  '''[[2011 European Union census|Census&nbsp;2011]]'''<br><small>(new basis of calculation)</small><br/>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#efefef;" | Date
! style="background:#efefef;" | Population
! style="background:#efefef;" | Moving in
! style="background:#efefef;" | Moving out
! style="background:#efefef;" | Births
! style="background:#efefef;" | Deaths
! style="background:#efefef;" | Change
|-----
|  9 May 2011 || align="right" | 25,361 ||-||-||-||-||-
|-----
| 31 December 2011 || align="right" | 25,162 ||852||1023||216||357||-312
|-----
| 31 December 2012 || align="right" | 25,148 ||1116||962||183||349||-12
|-----
| 31 December 2013 || align="right" | 25,005 ||954||992||204||317||-151
|-----
| 31 December 2014 || align="right" |24.911||1063||1005||192||348||−98
|-----
| 31 December 2015 || align="right" |24.850||1223||1122 ||195||366||−70
|-----
|}
|}

¹ Merging districts

Source: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen<ref>Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen: [http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/regioreg/RRServlet?function=Lesen&id=21699&type=14005&param= Regionalregister Sachsen: ''Delitzsch'']</ref>