Ehrenfriedersdorf

Ehrenfriedersdorf
Coat of arms
Ehrenfriedersdorf
Location of Ehrenfriedersdorf within Erzgebirgskreis district
Coordinates: 50°38′46″N 12°58′11″E / 50.64611°N 12.96972°ECoordinates: 50°38′46″N 12°58′11″E / 50.64611°N 12.96972°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Government
• Mayor	Silke Franzl
Area
• Total	15.86 km^2 (6.12 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,805
• Density	300/km^2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	09427
Dialling codes	037341
Vehicle registration	ERZ
Website	www.stadt-ehrenfriedersdorf.de

Introduction

Ehrenfriedersdorf is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 21 km south of Chemnitz.

Theatre

At the start of the 1990s the folk theatre, the Mundarttheater am Greifenstein was founded in Ehrenfriedersdorf. This theatre group took over the tradition of the Mettenspiel, a play as part of the Mettenschicht, which had hitherto been put on by members of the mining fraternity in the buildings of the former tin ord mine of Sauberg .

Sons and daughters of the town

Zschopau, Sports people of the year, 1968, Hans Weber left

• Johann August Scheibner (1810-1888), politician, Member of Landtag (Kingdom of Saxony)
• Julius Theodor Zenker (1811-1884), orientalist, translator and private scholar
• Georg Fritz Weiß (1822-1893), opera singer, translator and actor
• Max Wenzel (1879-1946), dialect poet of the Erzgebirge
• Hans Weber (1941-1969), motorcycle racer
• Günter Deckert (1950-2005), nordic combiner

References

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