Moritzburg, Saxony Explained

Image Coa:DEU Moritzburg COA.svg
Coordinates:51.165°N 13.6794°W
Image Plan:Moritzburg in MEI.svg
State:Sachsen
District:Meißen
Elevation:166
Area:46.37
Gemeindeschlüssel:14627150
Postal Code:01466–01468
Area Code:035207, 0351
Licence:MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
Website:www.moritzburg.de
Mayor:Jörg Hänisch[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 27
Party:independent

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. German 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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-2020-wahlergebnisse.php Wahlergebnisse 2020