Nossen ( hsb, Nosyn) is a town in the district of Meissen, in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a ...

, Germany. It is located 80 km southeast of

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. The town is dominated by a large

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ide ...

castle. Nossen is best known for its proximity to a motorway junction where the A14 merges onto the A4.

Geography

Neighboring towns

Nearest towns are Roßwein, Großschirma, Reinsberg and Striegistal in

Mittelsachsen Mittelsachsen ("Central Saxony") 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 Augu ...

districts and

Käbschütztal Käbschütztal is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad ...

, Lommatzsch and

Klipphausen Klipphausen is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. In today's locality Röhrsdorf, Julius Adolph Stöckhardt was born, who helped to establish agricultural chemistry in Germany, initiated the establishment of agricul ...

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:Datenquelle ab 1998: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

* Friedrich Funcke (1642-1699), clergyman, cantor and composer *

Paul Richter Paul Richter (1 April 1895 – 30 December 1961) was an Austrian film actor. He owed his great popularity in German films of the silent era largely to the directors Joe May and Fritz Lang. Biography Richter made his film debut right before ...

(1859-1944), architect *

Friedrich Wilhelm Quintscher Friedrich Wilhelm Quintscher (3 October 1883 – 8 May 1945), better known under his self-assumed name Rah Omir Quintscher, was a notable German member of the Neopagan religion of Adonism, as well as being a noted occultist and ceremonial magician. ...

(1883-1945), founder of the order and author, who came to

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* 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

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and

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at the

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References

External links

Official site
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