Ehrenfriedersdorf

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.

Town hall

Ehrenfriedersdorf
Coat of arms
Location of Ehrenfriedersdorf within Erzgebirgskreis district
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Coordinates: 50°38′46″N 12°58′11″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Government
• Mayor	Silke Franzl
Area
• Total	15.86 km^2 (6.12 sq mi)
Highest elevation	731 m (2,398 ft)
Lowest elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,680
• Density	300/km^2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	09427
Dialling codes	037341
Vehicle registration	ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Website	www.stadt-ehrenfriedersdorf.de

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 (nordic combined) (1950-2005), nordic combiner

References

1. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2020.