Burgstädt () is a town in the district of

Mittelsachsen Mittelsachsen (, ) 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 2008. Geog ...

, in

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is situated 12 km northwest of

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

Sons and daughters of the city

* Erich Gleixner (1920-1962), footballer *

Peter Jahr Peter Jahr (born 24 April 1959) is a German politician who served as a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2024. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Pa ...

(born 1959), politician (CDU) * Barbara Köhler (born 1959), lyricist * Rico Lieder (born 1971), athlete * Gerhard Wahrig (1923-1978), lexicographer

References

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