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Nossen

Nossen
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Coat of arms of Nossen
Coat of arms
Location of Nossen within Meißen district
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Nossen is located in Germany
Nossen
Nossen
Nossen is located in Saxony
Nossen
Nossen
Coordinates: 51°03′N 13°18′E / 51.050°N 13.300°E
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictMeißen
Government
 • MayorUwe Anke
Area
 • Total122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi)
Elevation
259 m (850 ft)
Population
(2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total10,513
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01623, 01665, 01683
Dialling codes035242, 035246, 035241
Vehicle registrationMEI, GRH, RG, RIE
Websitewww.nossen.de

Nossen is a town in the district of Meißen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 80 km southeast of Leipzig. The town is dominated by a large Renaissance castle. Nossen is best known for its proximity to a motorway junction where the A14 merges onto the A4.

Geography

Townhall

Neighboring Towns

Nearest towns are Roßwein, Großschirma, Reinsberg and Striegistal in Mittelsachsen districts and Käbschütztal, Lommatzsch and Klipphausen in the Meißen district.

History

During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here.[2][3]

Historical Population

From 1995, recorded on 31 December, unless otherwise noted:[4]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18341,778—    
18853,945+121.9%
1960[5]7,881+99.8%
1990[6]6,999−11.2%
19986,552−6.4%
YearPop.±%
20006,487−1.0%
2002[7]7,781+19.9%
20047,626−2.0%
20067,363−3.4%
20097,142−3.0%

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Manfred von Killinger (1940)
  • Friedrich Funcke (1642-1699), clergyman, cantor and composer
  • Paul Richter (1859-1944), architect
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Quintscher (1883-1945), founder of the order and author, who came to Adonism
  • Manfred von Killinger (1886-1944) Nazi politician and diplomat, born on Gut Lindigt
  • Joachim Nitsche (1926-1996), German mathematician
  • Wolfgang Mieder (born 1944) professor of German Language and Folklore at the University of Vermont

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2020.
  2. ^ Christine O'Keefe. Concentration Camps Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Flossenbürg subcamp
  4. ^ Datenquelle ab 1998: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen
  5. ^ 31 December
  6. ^ 3 October
  7. ^ Using the enlarged district from 1 January 2003 (with Heynitz)

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