The municipality of Hirtstein 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 ...
was formed on 1 January 1994 from the hitherto separate municipalities of
Rübenau,
Reitzenhain,
Kühnhaide and
Satzung
Satzung is a village in the Saxon municipality of Marienberg, which is in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the German Ore Mountains.
Geography
Satzung lies about 12 kilometres south of Marienberg in the Ore Mountains on the German-Cze ...
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Its administrative seat was Reitzenhain. The
Hirtstein
Hirtstein is a mountain of Saxony, in southeastern Germany. It is situated near the village Satzung, in the Ore Mountains, about 1.5 km from the border to the Czech Republic. Its elevation is 890 m.
Geology
Hirtstein is a gneiss knoll w ...
mountain near Satzung lent its name to the new municipality. Beginning on 1 January 2000, Hirtstein formed an administrative cooperation with the neighbouring town
Marienberg. The merger with Marienberg was agreed upon on 24 June 2002 and became effective on 1 January 2003 when the constituents of Hirtstein became subdivisions of Marienberg.
References
Marienberg
Former municipalities in Saxony
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