Moritzburg
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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- District
- Meißen
- Mayor 2020 27
- Jörg Hänisch ( Ind. )
- Total
- 46.49 km (17.95 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 166 m (545 ft)
- Density
- 176.7/km (457.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 01466–01468
- Dialling codes
- 035207, 0351
- Vehicle registration
- MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
- Website
- www.moritzburg.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Moritzburg
- Population
- 8327
- Area
- 46.49
- Elevation
- 166
- Official website
- www.moritzburg.de
- Image
- Schloss Moritzburg von Süd-West.jpg
- Dialing code
- 035243
- Licence plate code
- MEI
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- P8168
- Ingo Schmitt
- Commons category
- Moritzburg (Sachsen)
- postal code
- 01466–01468
- Commons gallery
- Moritzburg (Sachsen)
- native label
- Moritzburg
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Article
Moritzburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈmoːʁɪtsˌbʊʁk]) is a municipality in the district of Meissen in Saxony, Germany, between Meissen itself, an early centre of Saxony, and today's capital Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg.
The village, which was originally known as Eisenburg, was first mentioned in 1294. It became a market in 1675. The Saxon state stud has been located here since 1828. In 1884, a narrow-gauge railway, the Radebeul–Radeburg line, was built connecting the town to the district capital Radebeul and Radeburg. It was renamed Moritzburg, after the nearby castle, in 1934. German artist Käthe Kollwitz lived at the invitation of Prince Ernst Heinrich von Wettin in the Rüdenhof in Moritzburg from 1944 until her death on 22 April 1945. In 1995, a small museum was opened in the Rüdenhof.