Bockau
Sign in to saveBockau is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony in Germany. The community is known for growing and researching herbs. Owing to its centuries-old cultivation of angelica, whose roots are used in making liqueurs, Bockau is also known locally by the nickname Wurzelbucke (Wurzel is German for “root”).
Key facts
- German location.image_photo
- Bockau oberer Ortsteil.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- View over Bockau
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Bockau COA.png
- German location.image_plan
- Bockau in ERZ.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Erzgebirgskreis
- German location.elevation
- 450-550
- German location.area
- 19.15
- German location.postal_code
- 08324
- German location.area_code
- 03771
- German location.licence
- ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14521080
- German location.mayor
- Franziska Meier
- German location.leader_term
- 2023–30
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2180
- Area
- 19.15
- Elevation
- 500
- Official website
- www.bockau.de
- Image
- Kirche Pfarrhaus Bockau.jpg
- Dialing code
- 03771
- Licence plate code
- ERZ
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- Commons category
- Bockau
- postal code
- 08324
- P8168
- Mesozoic
- hashtag
- Bockau
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- History
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- Partner towns
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- Economy and infrastructure
- Notable people
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- Titles and nicknames
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Bockau is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony in Germany. The community is known for growing and researching herbs. Owing to its centuries-old cultivation of angelica, whose roots are used in making liqueurs, Bockau is also known locally by the nickname Wurzelbucke (Wurzel is German for “root”).
== Geography ==
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