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Großenhain
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Großenhain (; also written as Grossenhain; , ) is a Große Kreisstadt (German for major district town) in the district of Meissen, Saxony, Germany. It was originally known as Hayne. The current name simply means "big Hayne".
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Großenhain Rathaus.JPG
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen_grossenhain.png
- German location.image_plan
- Großenhain in MEI.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Meissen
- German location.elevation
- 122
- German location.area
- 130.36
- German location.postal_code
- 01558; 01561
- German location.area_code
- 03522
- German location.licence
- MEI; GRH; RG; RIE
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14627060
- German location.divisions
- 5
- German location.website
- www.grossenhain.de
- German location.mayor
- Sven Mißbach
- German location.leader_term
- 2022–29
- German location.party
- independent
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Meissen District
- Population
- 18077
- Area
- 130.36
- Elevation
- 122
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.grossenhain.de
- Image
- Grossenhain Rathaus-02.jpg
- Dialing code
- 03522
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- twinned administrative body
- Kecskemét
- Commons category
- Großenhain
- topic's main category
- Category:Großenhain
- postal code
- 01558
- short name
- Ghn
- P8168
- Jan van Eijden
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- time of earliest written record
- 1205-00-00
- hashtag
- Großenhain
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Divisions
- Government
- Infrastructure
- Famous people
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Großenhain (; also written as Grossenhain; , ) is a Große Kreisstadt (German for major district town) in the district of Meissen, Saxony, Germany. It was originally known as Hayne. The current name simply means "big Hayne".
==History== Großenhain was originally a Sorbian settlement, and remains an area where this language is spoken.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Großenhain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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