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Wolkenstein
Sign in to saveWolkenstein () is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the river Zschopau, 22 km southeast of Chemnitz.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Wolkenstein
- German location.image_skyline
- 20060803145DR Wolkenstein Stadt Kirche Schloß.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Wolkenstein
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen_Wolkenstein.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Wolkenstein in ERZ.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Erzgebirgskreis
- German location.elevation
- 553
- German location.area
- 30.51
- German location.postal_code
- 09429
- German location.area_code
- 037369
- German location.licence
- ERZ
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14521670
- German location.divisions
- 10
- German location.website
- www.stadt-wolkenstein.de
- German location.mayor
- Wolfram Liebing
- German location.leader_term
- 2020–27
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Wolkenstein () is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the river Zschopau, 22 km southeast of Chemnitz.
The town is situated on a rocky spur near the confluence of the Zschopau and Preßnitz rivers. Its name is derived from the eponymous castle which is situated ca. 70 m above the river, and whose name signifies a rock that rises into the clouds. Aside from the town itself, Wolkenstein consists of the following subdivisions:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wolkenstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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