Satzung is a village in the

Saxon The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...

municipality of

Marienberg Marienberg is a town in Germany. It was the district capital of the Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis (Central Ore Mountains district) in the southern part of Saxony, and since August 2008 it has been part of the new district of Erzgebirgskreis. As of ...

, which is in the district of

Erzgebirgskreis Erzgebirgskreis is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Ore Mountains (German: ''Erzgebirge''), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republi ...

in the German

Ore Mountains The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...

Geography

Satzung lies about 12 kilometres south of Marienberg in the

on the German-Czech border. Dense forests separate the village on both the German and Czech sides from its neighbours. Only the field clearings of the abandoned village of Jilmová in the east border immediately on those of Satzung. About 1 kilometre north of the village centre lies the 890-metre-high

Hirtstein Hirtstein is a mountain of Saxony, in southeastern Germany. It is situated near the village Satzung, in the Ore Mountains, about 1.5 km from the border to the Czech Republic. Its elevation is 890 m. Geology Hirtstein is a gneiss knoll w ...

, some 4 kilometres south-southwest, on Czech territory, lies the 993-metre-high

Jelení hora The Jelení hora (German: ''Haßberg'') is a high mountain in the Czech part of the Ore Mountains. Location and surrounding area The mountain lies immediately southeast of the village of Kryštofovy Hamry. It rises above the broad valley of ...

(''Haßberg''). The

Black Pockau The Black Pockau ( or ''Schwarzwasser'', ) is a river of Saxony, Germany, in the Ore Mountains. It is a left tributary of the Flöha (river), Flöha. This virtually unspoilt wild stream with a length of is known for the picturesque gorge in its ...

river flows eastwards here, marking the state border. The K 8104 district road (''Kreisstraße'') runs through the village, joining the ''Staatsstraße 216'' running northward from Reitzenhain to

Olbernhau Olbernhau is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, 35 km southeast of Chemnitz, and 23 km north of Chomutov, Czech Republic. History Presumably, the town's name arose from t ...

Population development

Personalities

Luise Pinc Louise most commonly refers to: * Louise (given name) Louise or Luise may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Songs * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 * "Louise", by The Yardbirds from the album '' Five Live Yardbirds'', 1964 * "Louis ...

, Ore Mountain dialect poet and singer. * Erich Lang, regional poet * Horst Heidrich, Forester General (''Generalforstmeister'') of the

GDR East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

and Deputy Minister for State Economy, Forestry and Food Commodities

Literature

* * ''Die Parochie Satzung.'' in: ''Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, Ephorie Marienberg.'' Strauch Verlag, Leipzig, pp. 672–688
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* Landratsamt Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Hrsg.: ''Zur Geschichte der Städte und Gemeinden im Mittleren Erzgebirgskreis'', Eine Zeittafel (parts 1-3) *

External links

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satzung-erzgebirge.de

Evangelical-Lutheran parish of Satzung

References

{{Authority control Marienberg Former municipalities in Saxony