Gößnitz
Sign in to saveGößnitz () 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
Key facts
- 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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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 from 1889 still characterizes the cityscape. left|thumb|upright=0.97|Gößnitz Town hall
== Sons and daughters of the city == (1881-1967), physician, philosopher and founder of psychobiology Joachim Reichmann (1923-1991), surgeon and university lecturer