Satzung is a village in the
Saxon municipality of
Marienberg
Marienberg is a town in Germany. It was the district capital of the Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis (Central Ore Mountains district) in the southern part of Saxony, and since August 2008 it has been part of the new district of Erzgebirgskreis. As of ...
, which is in the district of
Erzgebirgskreis
Erzgebirgskreis is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains"), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. I ...
in the German
Ore Mountains.
Geography
Satzung lies about 12 kilometres south of Marienberg in the
Ore Mountains on the German-Czech border. Dense forests separate the village on both the German and Czech sides from its neighbours. Only the field clearings of the abandoned village of
Jilmová in the east border immediately on those of Satzung. About 1 kilometre north of the village centre lies the 890-metre-high
Hirtstein, some 4 kilometres south-southwest, on Czech territory, lies the 993-metre-high
Jelení hora
The Jelení hora (German: ''Haßberg'') is a high mountain in the Czech part of the Ore Mountains.
Location and surrounding area
The mountain lies immediately southeast of the village of Kryštofovy Hamry (''Christophhammer''). It rises abo ...
(''Haßberg''). The
Black Pockau
The Black Pockau (german: Schwarze Pockau or ''Schwarzwasser'', cz, Černá) is a river of Saxony, Germany, in the Ore Mountains. It is a left tributary of the Flöha. This virtually unspoilt wild stream with a length of is known for the pict ...
river flows eastwards here, marking the state border. The K 8104 district road (''Kreisstraße'') runs through the village, joining the ''Staatsstraße 216'' running northward from Reitzenhain to
Olbernhau.
Population development
Personalities
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Luise Pinc, Ore Mountain dialect poet and singer.
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Erich Lang, regional poet
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Horst Heidrich, Forester General (''Generalforstmeister'') of the
GDR and Deputy Minister for State Economy, Forestry and Food Commodities
Literature
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* ''Die Parochie Satzung.'' in: ''Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, Ephorie Marienberg.'' Strauch Verlag, Leipzig, pp. 672–688
digitalised
* Landratsamt Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Hrsg.: ''Zur Geschichte der Städte und Gemeinden im Mittleren Erzgebirgskreis'', Eine Zeittafel (parts 1-3)
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External links
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satzung-erzgebirge.deEvangelical-Lutheran parish of Satzung
References
{{Authority control
Marienberg
Former municipalities in Saxony