Ehrenfriedersdorf

Ehrenfriedersdorf
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Ehrenfriedersdorf within Erzgebirgskreis district
Ehrenfriedersdorf Ehrenfriedersdorf
Coordinates: 50°38′46″N 12°58′11″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Silke Franzl
Area
• Total	15.86 km2 (6.12 sq mi)
Highest elevation	731 m (2,398 ft)
Lowest elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	4,541
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	09427
Dialling codes	037341
Vehicle registration	ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Website	www.stadt-ehrenfriedersdorf.de

Ehrenfriedersdorf (German pronunciation: [eːʁənˈfʁiːdɐsdɔʁf] ) is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 21 km south of Chemnitz.

Town hall

Theatre

At the start of the 1990s the folk theatre, the Mundarttheater am Greifenstein was founded in Ehrenfriedersdorf. This theatre group took over the tradition of the Mettenspiel, a play as part of the Mettenschicht, which had hitherto been put on by members of the mining fraternity in the buildings of the former tin ord mine of Sauberg .

Notable people

• Georg Fritz Weiß (1822–1893), opera singer, translator and actor
• Hans Weber (1941–1969), motorcycle racer
• Günter Deckert (1950–2005), nordic combiner