Nossen Knowpia

Nossen
Nossen
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Nossen within Meissen district
	Nossen Nossen
	Coordinates: 51°03′N 13°18′E / 51.050°N 13.300°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Meissen
Government
• Mayor (2020–27)	Christian Bartusch (SPD)
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 (Upper Sorbian: Nosyn, pronounced [ˈnɔsɨn]) is a town in the district of Meissen, in 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 edit

Townhall

Neighboring towns edit

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

History edit

During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here.^[3]^[4]

Historical population edit

From 1995, recorded on 31 December, unless otherwise noted:^[5]

Historical population

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

Year	Pop.	±%
2000	6,487	−1.0%
2002^[8]	7,781	+19.9%
2004	7,626	−2.0%
2006	7,363	−3.4%
2009	7,142	−3.0%

Personalities edit

Sons and daughters of the city edit

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

References edit

^ Wahlergebnisse 2020, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
^ Christine O'Keefe. Concentration Camps Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
^ Flossenbürg subcamp
^ Datenquelle ab 1998: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen
^ 31 December
^ 3 October
^ Using the enlarged district from 1 January 2003 (with Heynitz)