Rodewisch

{{Infobox German location

|type = Stadt

|image_photo = Rodewisch Bahnhof und Umgebung 1.jpg

|image_caption = Rodewisch seen from the train station

|image_coa = Wappen Rodewisch.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|50|31|N|12|25|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Rodewisch in V.svg

|state = Sachsen

|district = Vogtlandkreis

|elevation = 427

|area = 26.88

|postal_code = 08228

|area_code = 03744

|licence = V, AE, OVL, PL, RC

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14523360

|website = [http://www.rodewisch.de/ www.rodewisch.de]

|mayor = Kerstin Schöniger[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php Wahlergebnisse 2019], Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.

|leader_term = 2019–26

|party = CDU

}}

Rodewisch is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20km east of Plauen. Sputnik 1 was seen for the first time in the world in Rodewisch. Rodewisch was first mentioned in 1411 and has been a town since 1924. Today's town was formed in 1859 by the merger of the three districts of Obergöltzsch, Untergöltzsch and Niederauerbach. Rodewisch has two hospitals and a planetarium.Until 1926, there was a large brass works in the town, which was the largest in northern Germany. Röthenbach and Rützengrün have belonged to Rodewisch since 1994 and 1992 respectively.