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Moritzburg
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Location of Moritzburg within Meißen district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| Admin. region | Dresden |
| District | Meißen |
| Mayor | Georg Reitz (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 46.37 km2 (17.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 166 m (545 ft) |
| Population | 8,262 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 178 /km2 (461 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MEI |
| Postal codes | 01466–01468 |
| Area codes | 035207, 0351 |
| Website | www.moritzburg.de |
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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