Wilsdruff () is a town in the

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (, ) is a district ('' Kreis'') in Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Eastern Ore Mountains. History The district was established by merging the former districts ...

, in

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, with 14,444 inhabitants (2020). It is situated 14 km west of

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centre. Kesselsdorf is one of its subdivisions. Near Wilsdruff there is a facility for high power broadcasting, the Wilsdruff transmitter. Wilsdruff is home to KNOX, a traditional incense manufacturer and magnussoft, a computer game developer. In 2017 the town made headlines as 36% of the population voted the German right-wing party AfD ( Alternative für Deutschland) while in the same year only 10 asylum seekers sought refuge in Wilsdruff.Wilsdruff: 13.900 Einwohner, 10 Asylbewerber - 36 Prozent AfD
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'', 25 September 2017.

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