Frankenberg, Saxony

Frankenberg
Town
View from the town
Coat of arms
Location of Frankenberg within Mittelsachsen district
Frankenberg Frankenberg
Coordinates: 50°54′39″N 13°2′16″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Mittelsachsen
Government
• Mayor (2023–30)	Oliver Gerstner (CDU)
Area
• Total	65.42 km2 (25.26 sq mi)
Elevation	262 m (860 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	13,750
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	09669
Dialling codes	037206
Vehicle registration	FG
Website	www.frankenberg-sachsen.de

Frankenberg (also: Frankenberg/Sa.) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Zschopau, 12 km (7.46 mi) northeast of Chemnitz, and some 40 km (24.85 mi) north of the border to the Czech Republic.

It was the site of the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenburg.

Sons and daughters of the city

• Christian Gottlob Höpner (1799–1859), composer and organist
• Franz Kuhn (1884-1961), lawyer, sinologist and translator
• Eberhard Vogel (born 1943), record footballer of the GDR
• Jochen Sachse (born 1948), hammer thrower and Olympic medalist
• Sonja Morgenstern (born 1955), figure skater
• Matthias Weichert (born 1955), operatic baritone
• Anett Fiebig (born 1961), swimmer
• Anja Möllenbeck (born 1972), discus thrower
• Peer Kluge (born 1980), footballer

External links

• "Frankenberg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. IX (9th ed.). 1879. p. 704.
• "Frankenberg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 16.