Moritzburg, Saxony

Moritzburg, Saxony
Moritzburg, Saxony
	Schloss Moritzburg
	Coat of arms
	Location of Moritzburg, Saxony within Meißen district
	Moritzburg, Saxony Moritzburg, Saxony
	Coordinates: 51°09′54″N 13°40′46″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Meißen
Government
• Mayor	Jörg Hänisch (no party)
Area
• Total	46.37 km2 (17.90 sq mi)
Elevation	166 m (545 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,326
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	01466–01468
Dialling codes	035207, 0351
Vehicle registration	MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
Website	www.moritzburg.de

Moritzburg is a municipality in the district of Meissen in Saxony, Germany, between Meissen itself, an early centre of Saxony, and today's capital Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg.

The village, which was originally known as Eisenburg, was first mentioned in 1294. It became a market in 1675. The Saxon state stud has been located here since 1828. In 1884, a narrow gauge railway, the Radebeul-Radeburg line, was built connecting the town to the district capital Radebeul and Radeburg. It was renamed Moritzburg, after the nearby castle, in 1934. The German sculptress amd graphic artist Käthe Kollwitz lived at the invitation of Prince Ernst Heinrich von Wettin in the Rüdenhof in Moritzburg from 1944 until her death on 22 April 1945. In 1995, a small museum was opened in the Rüdenhof.

Twin towns

Cochem, Germany.

Personalities

Augustus II the Strong in 1718.

The VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg (LKM) built 1956 this steam locomotive No. 991777-4. Today pulls the locomotive the Heritage railway by the Radebeul–Radeburg railway, also known as the Lößnitzgrundbahn (Lössnitzgrund Railway). The Radebeul-Radeburg railway runs between Radebeul East station and the small towns of Moritzburg and Radeburg north of Dresden.

Sons of the place

Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738-1822), artistic patron
Martin Dulig, Minister of State in Saxony

Other personalities associated with the place

Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521-1553), Elector
Augustus II the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony, King of Poland
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750-1827), first king of Saxony
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), sculptress and graphic artist
Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony (1896-1971), Wettiner
Jan Vogler (born 1964), cellist and artistic director of the Moritzburg Festival

References

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

External links

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