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Oelsnitz
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town in the Vogtland district of Saxony, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- District
- Vogtlandkreis
- Mayor 2019 26
- Mario Horn ( CDU )
- Total
- 53.67 km (20.72 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 405 m (1,329 ft)
- Density
- 187.5/km (485.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 08601–08606
- Dialling codes
- 037421
- Vehicle registration
- V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
- Website
- www.oelsnitz.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- industrial city
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Vogtlandkreis
- Population
- 9873
- Area
- 53.67
- Elevation
- 397
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Eichigt
- Official website
- www.oelsnitz.de
- Image
- Oelsnitz Vogtl Rathaus.jpg
- Dialing code
- 037421
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Oelsnitz/Vogtl.
- postal code
- 08606
- short name
- Oelsnitz/Vogtland
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Oelsnitz ( German pronunciation: [ˈœlsnɪts] ; Upper Sorbian: Wolešnica) is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the White Elster river, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of Plauen and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Zwickau.
In the 14th and 15th centuries, Oelsnitz belonged to the margraves of Meissen, and later to the electors of Saxony.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oelsnitz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.