Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- District
- Görlitz
- Municipal assoc
- Boxberg/O.L.
- Mayor 2022 29
- Hendryk Balko
- Total
- 217.68 km (84.05 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 129 m (423 ft)
- Density
- 19.77/km (51.20/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 02943
- Dialling codes
- 035774
- Vehicle registration
- GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
- Website
- www.boxberg-ol.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Sorbian settlement area
- Official name
- Boxberg
- Demonym
- Hamorčenjo
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Görlitz District
- Population
- 4386
- Area
- 217.68
- Elevation
- 129
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Hohendubrau
- Official website
- boxberg-ol.de
- Image
- BoxbergLuft.JPG
- Dialing code
- 035895
- Licence plate code
- LÖB
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- native label
- Boxberg
- short name
- Boxberg
- P8168
- Bolsheviks
- Commons category
- Boxberg/O.L.
- topic's main category
- Category:Boxberg, Saxony
- Commons gallery
- Boxberg/O.L.
- postal code
- 02943
- twinned administrative body
- Jelenia Góra
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Boxberg ( German: [ˈbɔksˌbɛʁk]; officially Boxberg/O.L.) or Hamor (Upper Sorbian: [ˈhamɔʁ] ) is a municipality in the Görlitz district in Saxony, Germany. The place is known for its large Boxberg Power Station, that uses lignite as fuel.
The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boxberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.