What makes Riesa attractive for investment is the versatile structure of its business and
industries, a mixture of global players, agile small- and medium-sized companies and a
skilled workforce. Companies from a wide range of businesses and industries have their
operations in Riesa and the surrounding area. Each business makes Riesa more attractive for investments to increase the prosperity of its people.
The structure of the economy: A well-balanced mix of trades and industry
BuS Elektronik
GmbH & Co. KG
GmbH & Co. KG
Goodyear Dunlop Tires
Germany GmbH
Germany GmbH
Teigwaren Riesa GmbH
Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi
GmbH
GmbH
Our infrastructure: Everything available
Riesa has a high-performance infrastructure that is constantly expanding. It includes the B6, B169 and B182 Federal Highway while the A4, A13 and A14 Motorways and B98 Federal Highway are on our periphery. Riesa is the intersection of rail traffic coming from Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. Beyond this, Riesa’s inland port - an important transshipment centre on the Elbe river - ist the second largest inland port in eastern Germany. Finally, the airports in Leipzig and Dresden link Saxony with the rest of the world.
Federal highway
ICE stop; train station
Riesa’s inland port
Access to traffic
| federal highway | B6, B169, B182 and B98 (Grossenhain about 25 min) |
| motorways | A13 (Thiendorf about 30 min), A14 (Döbeln about 30 min) |
| time by car | about 50 min to Dresden, about 1h and 10 min to Leipzig, about 2h and 15 min to Berlin, about 2 hours and 45 min to Prague |
| international airports | Klotzsche Airport (in Dresden, about 50 min), Halle-Leipzig Airport (about 1h and 20 min) |
| shipping | the Elbe river as a waterway and inland port of Riesa with the container terminal |
trains |
30 min to Dresden and Leipzig each by ICE |
Skilled workers born in Riesa
Together with its surrounding area, Riesa has a well-trained workforce of 50,000 people. A
skilled workforce is the key to economic success in the furure. We have a whole series of
schools, secondary schools, qualification centres, the university of cooperative education and other private educational sponsors. This is where the skilled workers are trained today for the technologies and labour market of tomorrow.
skilled workforce is the key to economic success in the furure. We have a whole series of
schools, secondary schools, qualification centres, the university of cooperative education and other private educational sponsors. This is where the skilled workers are trained today for the technologies and labour market of tomorrow.
colleges
vocational schools
secondary schools
primary and grammar
schools
schools
| trade tax | 400 percent |
| land transfer tax A | 350 percent |
| land transfer tax B | 470 percent |