Markneukirchen
Sign in to saveMarkneukirchen () is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany, close to the Czech border. It lies in the Elster Mountains (part of the Fichtel Mountains), southeast of Plauen, and northeast of Aš (Czech Republic).
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Markneukirchen 2009 (aka).jpg
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen_Markneukirchen.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Markneukirchen in V.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Vogtlandkreis
- German location.elevation
- 504
- German location.area
- 69.06
- German location.postal_code
- 08258
- German location.area_code
- 037422
- German location.licence
- V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14523200
- German location.website
- www.markneukirchen.de/
- German location.mayor
- Toni Meinel
- German location.leader_term
- 2022–29
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- Museums
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- Notable people
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Markneukirchen () is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany, close to the Czech border. It lies in the Elster Mountains (part of the Fichtel Mountains), southeast of Plauen, and northeast of Aš (Czech Republic).
Markneukirchen is the main town of the small musical instrument-making region Musikwinkel, known for four centuries for high quality brass, woodwind and string instruments. Within this small locality, 113 different enterprises are involved in making musical instruments. They rely on traditional methods but sell all over the world.