Nossen

{{Infobox German place

|type = Stadt

|image_photo = Aerial image of Schloss Nossen (view from the south).jpg

|image_coa = DEU Nossen COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|51|03|N|13|18|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Nossen in MEI.svg

|state = Sachsen

|district = Meissen

|elevation = 259

|area = 122.74

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14627180

|postal_code = 01623, 01665, 01683

|area_code = 035242, 035246, 035241

|licence = MEI, GRH, RG, RIE

|website = [http://www.nossen.de/ www.nossen.de]

|mayor = Christian Bartusch[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-2020-wahlergebnisse.php Wahlergebnisse 2020], Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.

|leader_term = 2020–27

|party = SPD

}}

Nossen ({{IPA|de|ˈnɔsn̩|-|De-Nossen.ogg}}; {{langx|hsb|Nosyn}}, {{IPA|hsb|ˈnɔsɨn|pron}}) 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

= 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.Christine O'Keefe. [http://www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html Concentration Camps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010213017/http://www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html |date=10 October 2017 }}[https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/en/history/satellite-camps/nossen Flossenbürg subcamp]

= Historical population =

From 1995, recorded on 31 December, unless otherwise noted:Datenquelle ab 1998: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen

{{Historical populations|align=none|cols=2

| 1834| 1778

| 1885| 3945

| 196031 December| 7881

| 19903 October| 6999

| 1998| 6552

| 2000| 6487

| 2002Using the enlarged district from 1 January 2003 (with Heynitz)| 7781

| 2004| 7626

| 2006| 7363

| 2009| 7142

}}

Personalities

=Sons and daughters of the city=

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L07770, Manfred v. Killinger.jpg

Friedrich Funcke (1642–1699), clergyman, cantor and composer
Paul Richter (1859–1944), architect
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

External links

[http://www.nossen.de/ Official site] {{in lang|de}}

{{Geographic location

| Northwest = Roßwein

| North = Lommatzsch

| Northeast = Käbschütztal

| West = Roßwein

| Centre = Nossen

| East = Klipphausen

| Southwest = Striegistal

| South = Großschirma

| Southeast = Reinsberg

}}

Category:Meissen (district)