Moritzburg

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Moritzburg
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Moritzburg (Germany)
Moritzburg
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony
Admin. region Dresden
District Meißen
Mayor Georg Reitz (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 46.37 km² (17.9 sq mi)
Elevation 166 m  (545 ft)
Population 8,205  (30/09/2005)
 - Density 177 /km² (458 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate MEI
Postal codes 01466–01468
Area codes 035207, 0351
Website www.moritzburg.de

Coordinates: 51°09′54″N 13°40′46″E / 51.165, 13.67944

Moritzburg is a municipality in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, between Meißen as early centre of Saxony and the today's capital Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg.

The village became a market in 1675. The Saxon state stud has been located in Moritzburg since 1828. In 1884 a narrow gauge railway, the Radebeul-Radeburg line, was built connecting Moritzburg to the district capital Radebeul and Radeburg. The German painter Käthe Kollwitz lived in the Rüdenhof in Moritzburg from 1944 until her death on 1945-04-22 at the invitation of Prince Ernst Heinrich von Wettin. In 1995 a small museum was opened in the Rüdenhof.

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