Rabenau () is a town in the
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (, ) is a district ('' Kreis'') in Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Eastern Ore Mountains.
History
The district was established by merging the former districts ...
district, in the
Free State of 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
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. It is situated north of
Dippoldiswalde
Dippoldiswalde (; Saxon: ''Dipps'') is a town in Saxony, Germany, part of the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district. It is situated 23 km east of Freiberg, and 18 km south of Dresden.
The town is situated on the Weisseritz railway ...
, and southwest of
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
(centre).
Personality
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Karl von Miltitz (1490–1529), papal nuncio
*
Cornelius Schnauber (1939–2014), literary critic, author, grew up in Rabenau
*
Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Hans-Jürgen "Hansi" Kreische (born 19 July 1947) is a former East German footballer.
Career Club career
Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 1978 ...
(born 1947), soccer player of the GDR, grew up in Rabenau
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Daniel Rosin (born 1980), professional football player, grew up in Rabenau
List of mayors
This list contains the democratically elected mayors since 1990
* 1990–1994: Frank Schoenherr (CDU)
* 1994–2008: Gerd Hilbert (FDP)
* 2009: Thomas Paul (CDU)
References
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