Lößnitz
Bergstadt Lößnitz (; “Mining Town of Lößnitz”, also spelt Lössnitz), sometimes also called Muhme (“Aunt”) for its age, is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Town League of Silberberg (Städtebund Silberberg). Its name comes from the Slavic lesnice, meaning “forest place”.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Town
- German location.image_photo
- Loessnitz Erzgebirge August 2010.JPG
- German location.image_caption
- General view of Lößnitz
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen_Loessnitz.png
- German location.image_plan
- Lößnitz in ERZ.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Erzgebirgskreis
- German location.elevation
- 422
- German location.area
- 30.49
- German location.postal_code
- 08294
- German location.area_code
- 03771
- German location.licence
- ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Constituent communities
- History
- Population development
- Niederlößnitz
- Politics
- Coat of arms
- Town partnership
- Culture and sightseeing
- Buildings
- Folk festivals and markets
- Economy and infrastructure
- Economy
- Transport
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Bergstadt Lößnitz (; “Mining Town of Lößnitz”, also spelt Lössnitz), sometimes also called Muhme (“Aunt”) for its age, is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Town League of Silberberg (Städtebund Silberberg). Its name comes from the Slavic lesnice, meaning “forest place”.
== Geography == Lößnitz is a small town in the western part of the Ore Mountains lying nestled among wooded mountain ranges in a glen, roughly 432 m above sea level. It lies 4 km northeast of Aue and 27 km southwest of Chemnitz.
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