Waldheim, Saxony

Coordinates: 51°4′N 13°1′E / 51.067°N 13.017°E / 51.067; 13.017
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Waldheim
Town
Town center
Town center
Coat of arms of Waldheim
Coat of arms
Location of Waldheim within Mittelsachsen district
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Municipal assoc.
Waldheim [de]
Subdivisions5
Government
 • Mayor (2022–29) Steffen Ernst[1]
Area
 • Total41.62 km2 (16.07 sq mi)
Elevation
266 m (873 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,033
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
04736
Dialling codes034327
Vehicle registrationFG
Websitewww.stadt-waldheim.de

Waldheim is a town in Mittelsachsen district, in Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Zschopau River

It is situated in the valley of the river Zschopau, 9 km (5.6 mi) southwest of Döbeln, and 28 km (17 mi) north of Chemnitz. The municipal area comprises Waldheim proper, the localities of Reinsdorf, Massanei, Heiligenborn, and Schönberg, as well as parts of the former Ziegra-Knobelsdorf municipality with the localities of Gebersbach, Heyda, Knobelsdorf, Meinsberg, Neuhausen, and Rudelsdorf, which were incorporated in 2013.

Neighbouring towns are Hartha, Döbeln and Geringswalde as well as the municipality of Kriebstein.

Waldheim station is a stop on the

Vogtlandbahn
railway company.

History

Waldheim in the

Protestant
in 1537.

Waldheim Prison

In 1588 Waldheim Castle was again rebuilt as a hunting lodge by Elector

resistance fighters like Eva Schulze-Knabe, who was convicted by the People's Court
in 1942 and freed at the end of World War II.

When the

NKVD special camps were handed over from the Soviet Military Administration to the East German government in 1950, numerous NKVD detainees were transferred to Waldheim for further detention and for trial. From April to June 1950, the Communist
authorities put about 3,400 alleged war and Nazi criminals to the Waldheim Trials, ending with prison terms and 32 death sentences.

Notable people

Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim
  • Govinda, Anagarika (1898–1985), born Ernst Lothar Hoffmann, Buddhist, founder of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala
  • Kolbe, Georg (1877–1947), sculptor
  • Meinig, Arthur (1853-1904), born in Waldheim, architect in Hungary
  • Wussing, Hans (1927-2011), historian of mathematics and science

Politics

The current city council of Waldheim was elected in 2009 and has 18 seats:

Twin towns

Town hall
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Waldheim is

twinned
with:

References

  1. ^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen
    . 2024.
  3. ISSN 0957-154X
    .

External links

Media related to Waldheim at Wikimedia Commons

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