Wechselburg

Wechselburg () is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is well known for its twelfth century Benedictine monastery, the Wechselburg Priory.

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German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Romanische Basilika 13. Jh. Wechselburg.JPG
German location.image_caption: Basilica of the Holy Cross
German location.image_coa: Wappen_wechselburg.png
German location.image_plan: Wechselburg in FG.png
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Mittelsachsen
German location.elevation: 185
German location.area: 25.66
German location.postal_code: 09306
German location.area_code: 037384
German location.licence: FG
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14522580
German location.divisions: 13
German location.website: www.wechselburg.de
German location.mayor: Daniel Bergert
German location.leader_term: 2022–29
German location.party: CDU

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Population: 1743
Area: 25.66
Elevation: 185
Official website: www.wechselburg.de
Image: Klosterkirche.gif
Dialing code: 037384
Licence plate code: FG

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Commons category: Wechselburg
postal code: 09306
hashtag: Wechselburg

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Wechselburg () is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is well known for its twelfth century Benedictine monastery, the Wechselburg Priory.

The lordship and the castle were owned by the House of Schönburg from 1546 until 1945.