Jahnatal Explained

Jahnatal
Coordinates:	51.2°N 23°W
Image Plan:	Jahnatal in FG.png
State:	Sachsen
District:	Mittelsachsen
Elevation:	215
Area:	70.96
Postal Code:	04749
Area Code:	034324, 034362
Licence:	FG
Gemeindeschlüssel:	14522275
Divisions:	37
Mayor:	Dirk Schilling^[1]
Leader Term:	2023 - 30
Party:	CDU

Jahnatal is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen in Saxony in Germany. It was established on 1 January 2023 with the merger of the municipalities of Ostrau and Zschaitz-Ottewig.^[2]

Geography

Jahnatal is located north of the town of Döbeln and about south of Riesa, in the valley of Jahna and the surrounding ridges in the north-west of Lommatzscher Pflege.

Boroughs

Jahnatal consists of the following villages (German: Ortsteile):

• Auerschütz
• Auterwitz
• Baderitz
• Beutig
• Binnewitz
• Clanzschwitz
• Delmschütz
• Döhlen
• Dürrweitzschen
• Glaucha
• Goselitz
• Jahna
• Kattnitz
• Kiebitz
• Lüttewitz
• Lützschnitz
• Merschütz
• Mischütz
• Möbertitz
• Münchhof
• Niederlützschera
• Noschkowitz
• Oberlützschera
• Obersteina
• Ostrau
• Ottewig
• Pulsitz
• Rittmitz
• Schlagwitz
• Schmorren
• Schrebitz
• Sömnitz
• Töllschütz
• Trebanitz
• Zschaitz
• Zschochau
• Zunschwitz

History

On 1 January 2023, the municipalities of Ostrau and Zschaitz-Ottewig merged to form the new municipality of Jahnatal.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-wahlergebnisse-2023.php Wahlergebnisse 2023
2. Web site: Gemeindefusion Ostrau/Zschaitz-Ottewig . Jahnataler Echo Jahrgang 18 Nr. 1. 26 January 2022. 9 January 2023. 5–7.