Opritz

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Oberopritz and Niederopritz are two devastations on the corridor of the Stein part of the town of Hartenstein in the Zwickau district , Saxony.

Geographical location

The Mark Niederopritz desert is located on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde between Langenbach , Wildbach and Stein . Above Niederopritz was the place Oberopritz, where later the sheep farm belonging to Stein Castle stood.

history

Little is known about the two places. Presumably they were destroyed during the Hussite Wars .

literature

The Mark Niederopritz desert is marked on hiking maps .

  • Landesvermessungsamt Sachsen (Ed.): “Hiking map of Saxony 1: 25000. Sheet 13 Western Ore Mountains, Aue, Schneeberg ", 1994

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Coordinates: 50 ° 38 '49.92 "  N , 12 ° 38' 33"  O