Waldenburg is a town in the district

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. The castle was owned by the

House of Schönburg A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

from 1378 until 1945. The pottery town of Waldenburg lies in the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde. The environment is characterized by forest areas, river meadows and the hilly landscape of the Erzgebirge foothills. Waldenburg was founded around 1254 and first documented in 1336 as the town of "Waldinberg". The German settlement of the area that later became Waldenburg began with the founding of the monastery in Remse in 1143. The construction of Waldenburg Castle took place between 1165 and 1172. It was built as a security post on the salt trade route at the Mulden crossing. The streets, buildings and remains of the town wall in the upper town still show Walsenburg's roots in the Middle Ages. A look into the multi-story cellar systems of the upper town reveal even more evidence of this. Walsenburg's pottery tradition has been strong for 700 years. Friedrich XI of Schönburg-Waldenburg awarded the Waldenburg potters their first letter of guild in 1388. Salt-glazed Waldenburg stoneware became very famous throughout Europe in the late Middle Ages. Neighborhood municipalities are Callenberg, the city of Glauchau and Limbach-Oberfrohna,

Oberwiera Oberwiera is a municipality in the district of Zwickau in Saxony in Germany. Oberwiera has the following districts: Harthau, Neukirchen, Niederwiera, Oberwiera, Röhrsdorf and Wickersdorf. Around half of the population lives in the main district ...

and

Remse Remse is a municipality in the district of Zwickau in Saxony in Germany. Remse is located 2 miles north of Glauchau. Two federal highway cross the municipality. Besides that the federal Autobahn A4 is accessible from south of town. Neighborhood ...

as well as Göpfersdorf, Jückelberg and Ziegelheim.

Subdivisions

The town of Waldenburg consists of the following subdivisions: *Waldenburg *Dürrenuhlsdorf *Franken *Niederwinkel *Oberwinkel *Schlagwitz *Schwaben

Attractions

The town is famous for pottery and for the Grünfelder Park, an English-style park. Other famous attraction are: * Naturalienkabinett (museum of natural produce) * Heimatmuseum (museum of local history) * The castle of Schönburg-Waldenburg

European Grammar School

The European Grammar School (german: Europäisches Gymnasium Waldenburg) is a private language school, established in 1994. The building was built in 1844 as a "Lehrerseminar" (School for teachers).

Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his 19th century novels of fictitious travels and adventures, set in the American Old West with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand as main pro ...

was one of the famous students.

References

External links

Official Website of WaldenburgEuropean Grammar School
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