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
Article
7 sectionsContents
- 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.