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Frankenberg
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town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- District
- Mittelsachsen
- Mayor 2023 30
- Oliver Gerstner ( CDU )
- Total
- 65.62 km (25.34 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 262 m (860 ft)
- Density
- 208.2/km (539.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 09669
- Dialling codes
- 037206
- Vehicle registration
- FG
- Website
- www.frankenberg-sachsen.de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Frankenberg ( German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaŋkn̩ˌbɛʁk] ; also: Frankenberg/Sa.) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Zschopau, 12 km (7.46 mi) northeast of Chemnitz, and some 40 km (24.85 mi) north of the border to the Czech Republic.
It was the site of the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenburg.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frankenberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.