Moritzburg, Saxony

Moritzburg, Saxony
Coat of arms
Moritzburg, Saxony
Location of Moritzburg, Saxony within Meißen district
Coordinates: 51°09′54″N 13°40′46″E / 51.16500°N 13.67944°E / 51.16500; 13.67944Coordinates: 51°09′54″N 13°40′46″E / 51.16500°N 13.67944°E / 51.16500; 13.67944
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Meißen
Government
• Mayor	Georg Reitz (CDU)
Area
• Total	46.37 km2 (17.90 sq mi)
Elevation	166 m (545 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,310
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	01466–01468
Dialling codes	035207, 0351
Vehicle registration	MEI
Website	www.moritzburg.de

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

The village, which was originally known as Eisenburg, was first mentioned in 1294. It became a market in 1675. The Saxon state stud has been located here since 1828. In 1884 a narrow gauge railway, the Radebeul-Radeburg line, was built connecting the town to the district capital Radebeul and Radeburg. It was renamed Moritzburg, after the nearby castle, in 1934. The German painter Käthe Kollwitz lived at the invitation of Prince Ernst Heinrich von Wettin in the Rüdenhof in Moritzburg from 1944 until her death on 1945-04-22 . In 1995 a small museum was opened in the Rüdenhof.

Twin towns

• Cochem, Germany.

Personalities

Sons of the place

• Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738-1822), artistic patron

Other personalities associated with the place

Augustus II the Strong in 1718

• Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521-1553), Elector
• Augustus II the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony
• Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750-1827), first king of Saxony
• Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), sculptress and graphic artist
• Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony (1896-1971), Wettiner
• Jan Vogler (born 1964), cellist and artistic director of the Moritzburg Festival

References

The VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg (LKM) built 1956 this steam locomotive No. 991777-4. Today pulls the locomotive the Heritage railway by the Radebeul–Radeburg railway, also known as the Lößnitzgrundbahn (Lössnitzgrund Railway). The Radebeul-Radeburg railway runs between Radebeul East station and the small towns of Moritzburg and Radeburg north of Dresden.