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Dohna
Sign in to saveDohna () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It is located south of Heidenau, in the Müglitz valley and lies at the northeastern foot of the Eastern Ore Mountains. It is accessed by the Pirna interchange of highway A17, and by the Dohna (Sachs) and Köttewitz stations of the Müglitz Valley Railway.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Dohna Panorama (01) 2006-10-19.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Dohna
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen_Dohna.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Dohna in PIR.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
- German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
- Dohna-Müglitztal
- German location.elevation
- 130-150
- German location.area
- 28.59
- German location.postal_code
- 01809
- German location.area_code
- 03529
- German location.licence
- PIR
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14628080
- German location.divisions
- 12
- German location.website
- www.stadt-dohna.de
- German location.mayor
- Ralf Müller
- German location.leader_term
- 2022–29
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- Official name
- Dohna
- Population
- 6303
- Area
- 28.59
- Elevation
- 164
- Official website
- www.stadt-dohna.de
- Image
- Dohna Panorama (01) 2006-10-19.jpg
- Dialing code
- 03529
- Licence plate code
- PIR
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- Dohna
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- 01809
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Dohna () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It is located south of Heidenau, in the Müglitz valley and lies at the northeastern foot of the Eastern Ore Mountains. It is accessed by the Pirna interchange of highway A17, and by the Dohna (Sachs) and Köttewitz stations of the Müglitz Valley Railway.
==History== thumb|left|Coat of arms of Burgaves of Dohna Dohna is one of the oldest towns in Saxony. Traces of settlement dating back to the 16th century BC (Bronze Age) have been found. The Dohna Castle on a strategic hill at the entrance to the Müglitz valley was probably already built in the middle of the 10th century. The town Dohna was first documented as Donin in 1040. The name comes from a construction meaning "property of Doň", from the Bohemian first name Zdoň.
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