Ehrenfriedersdorf

Town in Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Ehrenfriedersdorf within Erzgebirgskreis district

(2022–29) Silke Franzl^[1]Area

• Total15.86 km² (6.12 sq mi)Highest elevation

731 m (2,398 ft)Lowest elevation

550 m (1,800 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,541 • Density290/km² (740/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

09427

Dialling codes037341Vehicle registrationERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZPWebsitewww.stadt-ehrenfriedersdorf.de

Ehrenfriedersdorf (German pronunciation: [eːʁənˈfʁiːdɐsdɔʁf] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 21 km south of Chemnitz.

Theatre

At the start of the 1990s the folk theatre, the Mundarttheater am Greifenstein was founded in Ehrenfriedersdorf. This theatre group took over the tradition of the Mettenspiel, a play as part of the Mettenschicht, which had hitherto been put on by members of the mining fraternity in the buildings of the former tin ord mine of Sauberg .

Notable people

Georg Fritz Weiß (1822–1893), opera singer, translator and actor
Hans Weber (1941–1969), motorcycle racer
Günter Deckert (1950–2005), nordic combiner

References

^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.