Pockau Explained

Type:Ortsteil
Town:Pockau-Lengefeld
Image Coa:Wappen Pockau.png
Coordinates:50.7°N 26°W
State:Sachsen
District:Erzgebirgskreis
Elevation:428
Area:36.04
Population:3867
Stand:2012-12-31
Postal Code:09509
Area Code:037367
Licence:ERZ
Website:www.pockau.de

Pockau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2014 it was merged with the town Lengefeld to form the town Pockau-Lengefeld. Pockau is on the Silver Road (Silberstraße).

Geography

Originally a forest village (Waldhufendorf), Pockau is located in the valley of the Flöha at its confluence with the Black Pockau. To the north lie the one-time forest villages of Görsdorf und Forchheim, the latter in the valley of the Haselbach. To the east, in the Flöha valley, lie Wernsdorf and the settlement of Nennigmühle. To the west is the settlement of Marterbüschel. The highest point in the former municipality of Pockau is the Brandhübel, at a height of 610m (2,000feet); the lowest point is the Flöha valley at around 400m (1,300feet). The Saidenbach Dam is northeast of Pockau.

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