Lohmen

For Lohmen in the district of Güstrow, see Lohmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Lohmen
Lohmen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Saxony
Admin. region Dresden
District Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Municipal assoc. Lohmen/Stadt Wehlen
Local subdivisions 4
Mayor Jörg Mildner (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 25.80 km2 (9.96 sq mi)
Elevation 219 m  (719 ft)
Population 3,179 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 123 /km2 (319 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate PIR
Postal code 01847
Area codes 03501, 035024
Website www.lohmen-sachsen.de

Lohmen is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.

History

Lohmen was first officially recognized as a village in 1292. The village name comes from the Slovak term lom or "fissure". There were quarries in the area as early as 1200, and were the first and biggest in the region. Lohmen and the kingdom Wehlen-Lohmen belonged to the House of Schönburg until it was traded for other property to Maurice, Elector of Saxony in 1543. In the 19th century it became part of the city of Pirna.

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References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 July 2011. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf. 
Towns and municipalities in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district