Flöha () 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. Flöha is situated on the confluence of the rivers

Zschopau Zschopau (), is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany. The town grew around the castle, which was built in the mid-12th century to protect the Salt Road, which crossed the Zschopau River here. Mining was also practiced from ...

and

Flöha Flöha () is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Flöha is situated on the confluence of the rivers Zschopau (river), Zschopau and Flöha (river), Flöha, east of Chemnitz. Flöha station connects the town to Dresden, ...

, east 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 ...

Flöha station Flöha station is an important station on the Dresden–Werdau railway in the town of Flöha in the German state of Saxony. From here, the railway lines Reitzenhain–Flöha railway, to Pockau-Lengefeld and Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway, to A ...

connects the town to Dresden, Chemnitz, Freiberg, Annaberg-Buchholz and other places.

History

During World War II, a subcamp of

Flossenbürg concentration camp Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office. Unlike other concentration camps, it was located in a remote area, in the Fichtel Mountains of Bavaria, adjacent to the town of Flos ...

was located in Flöha. Flöha absorbed the former municipality

Falkenau Falkenau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. On 1 October 2011, Falkenau joined the town of Flöha. Geography Location Located in the Ore Mountain Basin, the village of Falkenau stands on ...

in 2011.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2011

Statistisches Bundesamt The Federal Statistical Office (, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing statistical informati ...

Sons and daughters of the city

Lothar Kreyssig Lothar Kreyssig (; 30 October 1898 – 6 July 1986) was a German judge during the Weimar and Nazi era. He was the only German judge who attempted to stop the mass-murder of persons deemed " unworthy of living" under the '' Aktion T4'' " involunt ...

(1898–1986), founder of the

Aktion Sühnezeichen The Action Reconciliation Service for Peace is a German peace organization founded to confront the legacy of Nazism. The Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (German: Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste, or ASF) was founded in 1958 by the syn ...

, was born in Flöha *

Anita Nüßner Anita Nüßner (also spelled Nüssner and sometimes wrongly listed as Nüssner-Kobuss or Nüßner-Kobuß, 10 June 1935 – 27 February 2025) was an East Germany, East German canoe sprint, sprint canoeist who competed from the late-1950s until ...

(1935–2025), canoeist (born in Plaue) * Stefan Schmidt (born 1989), football goalkeeper

Personalities who have worked in the city

Samuel von Pufendorf Samuel von Pufendorf (; ; 8 January 1632 – 26 October 1694) was a German people, German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and Nobility, ennobled in 1694; he was made a baron by Charles XI of ...

(1632–1694), natural law philosopher, historian and natural and international law teacher, *

Herbert Jobst Herbert Jobst (July 30, 1915 – June 28, 1990) was a German writer. Life Herbert Jobst was the son of a miner from Neu- Welzow, Lusatia who died in World War I. As a small child, he would be abandoned by his mother in Radeberg and spend his ...

(1915–1990), writer *

Marcus Popp Marcus Popp (born 23 September 1981 in Flöha) is a German volleyball player. References Profile(German) * External links Marcus Poppat the International Volleyball Federation International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning " ...

(born 1981), volleyball player

References

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