Döbeln
Sign in to saveDöbeln (; , ) is a town in Saxony, Germany, part of the Mittelsachsen district. It sits on the banks of the Freiberger Mulde river.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Doebeln-vom-turm.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- View on the old town
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Döbeln.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Döbeln in FG.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Mittelsachsen
- German location.elevation
- 159-262
- German location.area
- 91.74
- German location.postal_code
- 04720
- German location.area_code
- 03431
- German location.licence
- FG, BED, DL, FLÖ, HC, MW, RL
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14522080
- German location.divisions
- 19
- German location.website
- doebeln.de
- German location.mayor
- Sven Liebhauser
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–26
- German location.party
- CDU
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11 sectionsContents
- Location and geography
- History
- Population history
- Memorials
- Transport
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Döbeln (; , ) is a town in Saxony, Germany, part of the Mittelsachsen district. It sits on the banks of the Freiberger Mulde river.
==Location and geography== Döbeln is situated in the Central Saxon Hill country in the wide basin of the Freiberger Mulde, roughly in the middle of the triangle between Chemnitz (40 km away), Dresden (50 km away) and Leipzig (70 km away). The surrounding area is characterized by the Mulde valley, the lower Zschopau valley and the surrounding hilly landscape. The Zschopau flows into the Mulde near the village of Schweta.