Klingenberg, Saxony

Klingenberg
Klingenberg
	Location of Klingenberg within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
	Klingenberg Klingenberg
	Coordinates: 50°54′N 13°33′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Subdivisions	11
Area
• Total	86.56 km2 (33.42 sq mi)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,781
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01738, 01744, 01774
Dialling codes	035055, 035202, 035058, 037326
Vehicle registration	PIR
Website	www.gemeinde-klingenberg.de

Klingenberg is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. It was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Pretzschendorf and Höckendorf.

Geography

The municipality is located 20 kilometers south-west of Dresden and 10 kilometers west of Dippoldiswalde.

Klingenberg consists of 11 subdivisions: Beerwalde, Borlas, Colmnitz (including Folge), Friedersdorf, Höckendorf (including Edle Krone), Klingenberg, Obercunnersdorf, Paulshain, Pretzschendorf, Röthenbach and Ruppendorf.

Transport

Klingenberg is located along Dresden–Werdau railway, having two stations within its limits: Klingenberg-Colmnitz (located in the boroughs of Klingenberg and Colmnitz) and Edle Krone (located in the village of Höckendorf). At Klingenberg-Colmnitz station two narrow-gauge railway lines used to branch off until the early 1970s, connecting also the villages of Colmnitz and Pretzschendorf to the rail network.

References

"Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2020.

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[1] "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2020.