Rodewisch is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

Sputnik 1 was seen for the first time in the world in Rodewisch.

Today's town was formed in 1859 by the merger of the three districts of Obergöltzsch, Untergöltzsch and Niederauerbach.

Until 1926 there was a large brass works in the town, which was the largest in northern Germany.

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