Gößnitz

Gößnitz

Gößnitz

Town in Thuringia, Germany

For the town in Styria, see Gößnitz, Austria.

Gößnitz (German pronunciation: [ˈɡœsnɪt͡s] ⓘ) is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Pleiße, 12 km south of Altenburg, and 20 km northwest of Zwickau. Gößnitz received its town charter in 1718. It is known for the railroad junction of the Leipzig-Hof railway connection and the Central-Germany connection (Dresden - Chemnitz - Gößnitz - Gera - Erfurt) and its station prides itself having Europe's longest platform, as well as the Gößnitz Open-Air. The town's greatest prosperity was at the time of industrialization; Hence Viktor Grimm's representative malt factory from 1889 still characterizes the cityscape.

Gößnitz Town hall
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Sons and daughters of the city

  • Hans Lungwitz [de] (1881-1967), physician, philosopher and founder of psychobiology
  • Joachim Reichmann (1923-1991), surgeon and university lecturer

References

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    Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
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