Nossen ( hsb, Nosyn) is a town in the district of Meissen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 80 km southeast of Leipzig. The town is dominated by a large Renaissance castle. Nossen is best known for its proximity to a motorway junction where the A14 merges onto the A4.

Geography

Neighboring towns

Nearest towns are Roßwein, Großschirma, Reinsberg and Striegistal in Mittelsachsen districts and Käbschütztal, Lommatzsch and

Klipphausen Klipphausen is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. In today's locality Röhrsdorf, Julius Adolph Stöckhardt was born, who helped to establish agricultural chemistry in Germany, initiated the establishment of agric ...

in the Meißen district.

History

During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here.

Historical population

From 1995, recorded on 31 December, unless otherwise noted:Datenquelle ab 1998: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

* Friedrich Funcke (1642-1699), clergyman, cantor and composer * Paul Richter (1859-1944), architect * Friedrich Wilhelm Quintscher (1883-1945), founder of the order and author, who came to Adonism * Manfred von Killinger (1886-1944) Nazi politician and diplomat, born on Gut Lindigt * Joachim Nitsche (1926-1996), German mathematician * Wolfgang Mieder (born 1944) professor of

German Language German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Ita ...

and Folklore at the University of Vermont

References

External links

Official site
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