Adorf/Vogtl.

Also known as Adorf, Adorf/Vogtl, Adorf (Vogtl)

Adorf () is a small town and municipality in the Vogtlandkreis to the south-west of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Gettengrün, a village within the municipality, borders on the Czech Republic.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Adorf5066.JPG
German location.image_coa: Stadtwappen Adorf Vogtl.jpg
German location.image_plan: Adorf-Vogtl. in V.svg
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Vogtlandkreis
German location.elevation: 494
German location.area: 42.92
German location.postal_code: 08626
German location.area_code: 037423
German location.licence: V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14523010
German location.mayor: Rico Schmidt
German location.leader_term: 2018–25

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Adorf/Vogtl.
Country: Germany
Located in: Vogtlandkreis
Population: 4694
Area: 42.92
Elevation: 494
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Hranice
Official website: www.adorf-vogtland.de
Image: Adorf Vogtland 106.JPG
Dialing code: 037430
Licence plate code: V

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postal code: 08626
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Contents

Etymology
History
Geography
Population
Places of interest
Sons and daughters of the town
References

Adorf () is a small town and municipality in the Vogtlandkreis to the south-west of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Gettengrün, a village within the municipality, borders on the Czech Republic.

==Etymology== The name Adorf can be understood to mean "village on the water", the "A-" coming from an Old High German word for a stream or river (aha). Dorf is the Modern German word meaning village.

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