Hirschstein

Coat of arms

Hirschstein

Location of Hirschstein within Meißen district

Coordinates: 51°15′45″N 13°23′38″E / 51.26250°N 13.39389°ECoordinates: 51°15′45″N 13°23′38″E / 51.26250°N 13.39389°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Christine Gallschütz (CDU)

Area

• Total

34.46 km² (13.31 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

2,072

• Density

60/km² (160/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

01594

035266

MEI

Website

www.hirschstein.de

Castle Hischstein

Hirschstein is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany.

The following villages belong to Hirschstein: Althirschstein, Bahra, Böhla, Boritz, Heyda, Kobeln, Mehltheuer, Neuhirschstein, Pahrenz, Prausitz and Schänitz.

Leopold III of Belgium and his family were held in castle Hirschstein from June 1944 to March 1945 by the Nazis.

References

↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2015] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2016.

Towns and municipalities in Meissen (district)

Coswig Diera-Zehren Ebersbach Glaubitz Gröditz Großenhain Hirschstein Käbschütztal Klipphausen Lampertswalde Lommatzsch Meissen Moritzburg Niederau Nossen Nünchritz Priestewitz Radebeul Radeburg Riesa Röderaue Schönfeld Stauchitz Strehla Thiendorf Weinböhla Wülknitz Zeithain

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 234364007 GND: 7533314-4

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