Ostrau () is a village and a former municipality 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 ...

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 ...

in Germany. On 1 January 2023, it was merged with

Zschaitz-Ottewig Zschaitz-Ottewig is a former municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2023, it was merged with Ostrau, Mittelsachsen, Ostrau to form the new municipality of Jahnatal. Historical population (since 1990) R ...

to form the new municipality of

Jahnatal Jahnatal is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen in Saxony in Germany. It was established on 1 January 2023 with the merger of the municipalities of Ostrau and Zschaitz-Ottewig. Geography Jahnatal is located north of the town of Döbe ...

Notable people

Konrad Schumann Hans Konrad Schumann (often anglicized to Hans Conrad Schumann in English-language sources; 28 March 1942 – 20 June 1998) was an East German border guard who escaped to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Early ...

References

Mittelsachsen Former municipalities in Saxony {{Mittelsachsen-geo-stub