| Type: | Stadt |
| Image Coa: | Wappen Hohnstein.svg |
| Coordinates: | 50.9833°N 21°W |
| Image Plan: | Hohnstein in PIR.svg |
| State: | Sachsen |
| District: | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |
| Elevation: | 330 |
| Area: | 64.61 |
| Postal Code: | 01848 |
| Area Code: | 035975 |
| Licence: | PIR |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 14628190 |
| Website: | www.hohnstein.de |
| Mayor: | Daniel Brade[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2022 - 29 |
Hohnstein (pronounced as /de/) is a town located in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district of Saxony, in eastern Germany. As of 2020, its population numbered a total of 3,262.
It is situated in Saxon Switzerland, 12 km east of Pirna, and 28 km southeast of Dresden (centre). It is dominated by its castle, standing on a sandstone rock.
The municipal territory includes the villages (Ortsteile) of Cunnersdorf, Ehrenberg, Goßdorf, Lohsdorf, Rathewalde, Ulbersdorf and Waitzdorf.
In 1900, the town had a population of 1,321.[2]
During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, in September 1939, the Oflag IV-A prisoner-of-war camp for Polish officers was established at the local castle, and from 1940 it also held French and Belgian officers and orderlies.[3] In 1941, the Oflag IV-A was dissolved, and the Stalag IV-A POW camp was relocated to Hohnstein from Elsterhorst.[3] It held Polish, French, British, Belgian, Serbian, Dutch, Soviet, Italian, American, Slovak, Czech and Bulgarian POWs, and was liberated by the Soviets in April 1945.[3]