Ehrenfriedersdorf

Ehrenfriedersdorf is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 21 km south of Chemnitz.

Town hall
Ehrenfriedersdorf
Coat of arms
Location of Ehrenfriedersdorf within Erzgebirgskreis district
Ehrenfriedersdorf
Ehrenfriedersdorf
Coordinates: 50°38′46″N 12°58′11″E
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictErzgebirgskreis
Government
 • MayorSilke Franzl
Area
 • Total15.86 km2 (6.12 sq mi)
Highest elevation
731 m (2,398 ft)
Lowest elevation
550 m (1,800 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total4,761
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
09427
Dialling codes037341
Vehicle registrationERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Websitewww.stadt-ehrenfriedersdorf.de

Theatre

At the start of the 1990s the folk theatre, the Mundarttheater am Greifenstein was founded in Ehrenfriedersdorf. This theatre group took over the tradition of the Mettenspiel, a play as part of the Mettenschicht, which had hitherto been put on by members of the mining fraternity in the buildings of the former tin ord mine of Sauberg .

Sons and daughters of the town
Zschopau, Sports people of the year, 1968, Hans Weber left
  • Johann August Scheibner (1810-1888), politician, Member of Landtag (Kingdom of Saxony)
  • Julius Theodor Zenker (1811-1884), orientalist, translator and private scholar
  • Georg Fritz Weiß (1822-1893), opera singer, translator and actor
  • Max Wenzel (1879-1946), dialect poet of the Erzgebirge
  • Hans Weber (1941-1969), motorcycle racer
  • Günter Deckert (nordic combined) (1950-2005), nordic combiner

References
  1. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2019.


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