Hohenstein-Ernstthal

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Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Coat of arms of Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Hohenstein-Ernstthal is located in Germany
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Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Coordinates 50°48′N 12°43′E / 50.8°N 12.71667°E / 50.8; 12.71667Coordinates: 50°48′N 12°43′E / 50.8°N 12.71667°E / 50.8; 12.71667
Administration
Country Germany
State Saxony
Admin. region Chemnitz
District Zwickau
Mayor Erich Homilius
Basic statistics
Area 18.33 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Elevation 355 m  (1165 ft)
Population 15,777 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 861 /km2 (2,229 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate Z
Postal code 09337
Area code 03723
Website www.hohenstein-ernstthal.de

Hohenstein-Ernstthal is a town in the Zwickau rural district, Free State of Saxony, Germany. The towns of Hohenstein and Ernstthal were united in 1898, and the town is either known by its hyphenated form, or simply called Hohenstein.

The town grew in the 15th century after silver mines were established nearby. Ernstthal was named in honor of August Ernst von Schoenburg.

Physicist Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert and inventor Christoph Gottlieb Schröter were born in Hohenstein. The writer Karl May was born in Ernstthal. The house of his birth is a museum.

Furthermore Hohenstein-Ernstthal is especially famous for the Sachsenring racing circuit.

The mayor of Hohenstein-Ernstthal is Erich Homilius.

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