Gößnitz

Gößnitz () is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Pleiße, 12 km south of Altenburg, and 20 km northwest of Zwickau. Gößnitz received its town charter in 1718. It is known for the railroad junction of the Leipzig-Hof railway connection and the Central-Germany connection (Dresden - Chemnitz - Gößnitz - Gera - Erfurt) and its station prides itself having Europe's longest platform, as well as the Gößnitz Open-Air. The town's greatest prosperity was at the time of industrialization; Hence Viktor Grimm's representative malt factory fr

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German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_coa: DEU Gößnitz (Thüringen) COA.svg
German place.image_plan: Gößnitz in ABG.png
German place.state: Thüringen
German place.district: Altenburger Land
German place.elevation: 202
German place.area: 14.07
German place.postal_code: 04639
German place.area_code: 034493
German place.licence: ABG
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 16 0 77 012
German place.divisions: 6
German place.website: www.goessnitz.de
German place.mayor: Patrick Albrecht
German place.leader_term: 2024–30

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Population: 3459
Area: 14.07
Elevation: 202
Official website: www.goessnitz.de
Image: Stadtkirche Gößnitz.JPG
Dialing code: 034493
Licence plate code: ABG

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Commons category: Gößnitz (Thüringen)
postal code: 04639
P8168: Abraham Hinckelmann

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== Sons and daughters of the city == (1881-1967), physician, philosopher and founder of psychobiology Joachim Reichmann (1923-1991), surgeon and university lecturer