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Town in Saxony, Germany
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Location of Nossen within Meissen district  |
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| Coordinates: 51°03′N 13°18′E / 51.050°N 13.300°E / 51.050; 13.300 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Meissen |
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| • Mayor (2020–27) | Christian Bartusch[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 122.74 km2 (47.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 259 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,524 |
| • Density | 85.742/km2 (222.07/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 01623, 01665, 01683 |
| Dialling codes | 035242, 035246, 035241 |
| Vehicle registration | MEI, GRH, RG, RIE |
| Website | www.nossen.de |
Nossen (German pronunciation: [ˈnɔsn̩] ⓘ; Upper Sorbian: Nosyn, pronounced [ˈnɔsɨn]) is a town in the district of Meissen, in 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.
Townhall
Nearest towns are Roßwein, Großschirma, Reinsberg and Striegistal in Mittelsachsen districts and Käbschütztal, Lommatzsch and Klipphausen in the Meißen district.
During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here.[3][4]
Historical population
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From 1995, recorded on 31 December, unless otherwise noted:[5]
Historical population
| YearPop.±% 18341,778— 18853,945+121.9% 1960[6]7,881+99.8% 1990[7]6,999−11.2% 19986,552−6.4% | YearPop.±% 20006,487−1.0% 2002[8]7,781+19.9% 20047,626−2.0% 20067,363−3.4% 20097,142−3.0% |
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Sons and daughters of the city
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Manfred von Killinger (1940)
- Friedrich Funcke (1642–1699), clergyman, cantor and composer
- Paul Richter (1859–1944), architect
- 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
- ^ Wahlergebnisse 2020, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Sachsens am 31. Dezember 2023 - Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 15. Mai 2022 (Gebietsstand 01.01.2023)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
- ^ Christine O'Keefe. Concentration Camps Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Flossenbürg subcamp
- ^ Datenquelle ab 1998: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen
- ^ 31 December
- ^ 3 October
- ^ Using the enlarged district from 1 January 2003 (with Heynitz)
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- Official site (in German)