Nossen

Nossen
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Nossen within Meißen district
Nossen Nossen
Coordinates: 51°03′N 13°18′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Meißen
Government
• Mayor	Uwe Anke
Area
• Total	122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi)
Elevation	259 m (850 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	10,389
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01623, 01665, 01683
Dialling codes	035242, 035246, 035241
Vehicle registration	MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
Website	www.nossen.de

Nossen is a town in the district of Meißen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 80 km southeast of Leipzig. The town is dominated by a large Renaissance castle. Nossen is best known for its proximity to a motorway junction where the A14 merges onto the A4.

Geography

Townhall

Neighboring Towns

Nearest towns are Roßwein, Großschirma, Reinsberg and Striegistal in Mittelsachsen districts and Käbschütztal, Lommatzsch and Klipphausen in the Meißen district.

History

During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here.

Historical Population

From 1995, recorded on 31 December, unless otherwise noted:

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1834 1,778 —     1885 3,945 +121.9% 1960 7,881 +99.8% 1990 6,999 −11.2% 1998 6,552 −6.4%

Year Pop. ±% 2000 6,487 −1.0% 2002 7,781 +19.9% 2004 7,626 −2.0% 2006 7,363 −3.4% 2009 7,142 −3.0%

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Manfred von Killinger (1940)

• Friedrich Funcke (1642-1699), clergyman, cantor and composer
• Paul Richter (1859-1944), architect
• Friedrich Wilhelm Quintscher (1883-1945), founder of the order and author, who came to Adonism
• Manfred von Killinger (1886-1944) Nazi politician and diplomat, born on Gut Lindigt
• Joachim Nitsche (1926-1996), German mathematician
• Wolfgang Mieder (born 1944) professor of German Language and Folklore at the University of Vermont

External links

• Official site (in German)