Niederau
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Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ' N , 13 ° 33' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | Meissen | |
| Height : | 117 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 35.27 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 4044 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 115 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 01689 | |
| Primaries : | 035243, 03521 (Gröbern, Ockrilla) | |
| License plate : | MEI, GRH, RG, RIE | |
| Community key : | 14 6 27 170 | |
| Community structure: | 7 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Rathenaustraße 4 01689 Niederau |
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| Mayor : | Steffen Sang ( independent ) | |
| Location of the community Niederau in the district of Meißen | ||
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Niederau is a municipality in Saxony .
geography
Neighboring communities
The district town of Meißen borders in the south-west of the municipality, counterclockwise the municipalities Weinböhla , Moritzburg , Ebersbach , Priestewitz and Diera-Zehren join. The cities of Coswig , Radebeul and Dresden follow one after the other to the southeast .
Community structure
Niederau consists of the districts of Gohlis , Gröbern , Großdobritz , Jessen , Niederau , Oberau and Ockrilla .
Localities
On December 31, 2011, 3973 people lived in Niederau. The inhabitants are distributed among the individual villages as follows:
| place | Residents |
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| Niederau | 1838 |
| Oberau | 230 |
| Gohlis | 131 |
| Ockrilla | 646 |
| Grossdobritz | 387 |
| Coarser | 491 |
| Jessen | 250 |
history
On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Oberau was incorporated.
politics
Municipal council
Since the municipal council election on May 25, 2014 , the 14 seats of the municipal council have been distributed among the individual groups as follows:
Local partnership
Niederau maintains a partnership with the municipality of Hirschberg an der Bergstrasse in Baden-Württemberg .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Niederau station has the second oldest surviving Bahnhofs- reception building of Germany (completed on April 1, 1842), it has long been the oldest station building in Germany in operation. The station is on the Leipzig – Dresden railway line , which ran through the 513 m long Oberau tunnel here until 1933 . From Niederau train station there are regular train connections to Dresden , Riesa and Leipzig .
In addition to this railway line, the Berlin – Dresden railway line also runs through the town . However, there is no passenger train stop in the municipality at this point.
State road 80 , which connects Meißen and Weinböhla , runs through the village . There is a regular bus service to these two places. The Dresden airport is by the state road 81 to reach that leads also by the municipality.
education
There is a primary school in Niederau.
Culture and sights
- see also: List of cultural monuments in Niederau
Oberau Church
Gröbern Church
Niederau Church
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Personalities
- Wolfram Hesse (* 1932), sculptor and painter
literature
- Cornelius Gurlitt : Niederau. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 41. Issue: Administrative Authority Meißen-Land . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1923, p. 355.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections
- ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2009
Web links
- Official homepage of the community of Niederau
- Niederau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Coswig | Diera-Zehren | Ebersbach | Glaubitz | Gröditz | Grossenhain | Hirschstein | Käbschützal | Klipphausen | Lampertswalde | Lommatzsch | Meissen | Moritzburg | Niederau | Nossen | Nünchritz | Priestewitz | Radebeul | Radeburg | Riesa | Röderaue | Schönfeld | Stauchitz | Strehla | Thiendorf | Weinböhla | Wülknitz | Zeithain