Brand-Erbisdorf () is a small town in the district of

Mittelsachsen Mittelsachsen ("Central Saxony") is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. History The district was established by merging the former districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida as part of the district reform of August ...

, in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is situated 5 km south of

Freiberg Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany. It is a so-called ''Große Kreisstadt'' (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district. Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage c ...

. As of 2020, the town has a population of 9,145.

History

The town is first mentioned in 1209 as ''Erlwinesberc'', although it is suggested that it was founded earlier, in the middle of the 12th century. The long tradition of

silver mining Silver mining is the extraction of silver from minerals, starting with mining. Because silver is often found in intimate combination with other metals, its extraction requires elaborate technologies. In 2008, ca.25,900 metric tons were consumed ...

around the town came to an end in the beginning of the 20th century. It was only after 1945 that the mining industry reappeared to a limited extent, before finally closing in 1968. From 1900 onwards, various other industries began to take hold in the town, slowly replacing mining as the primary industry. Of these were most notably the wood industry originating from the Ore Mountains and the "Elite-Werke".

Personalities

Grete Beier Grete Beier (15 September 1885 – 23 July 1908) was the last woman who was publicly executed in the Kingdom of Saxony. Her inter-related crimes included fraud, abortion, conspiracy to commit the murder of a witness, and the actual murder of her f ...

(1885-1908), daughter of the then mayor of Brand, was the last person to be publicly executed in Saxony for murder * Günter Wirth (1929-2009), university lecturer for church history, publicist and official of the CDU of the GDR *

André Tanneberger André Tanneberger (; born 26 February 1973), better known by his stage name ATB, is a German DJ, musician, and Record producer, producer of trance music. According to the official world DJ rankings governed by ''DJ Magazine'', ATB was ranked No ...

(born 1973 in Freiberg) music producer and DJ

References

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