- Geringswalde
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen_Geringswalde.png
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 4 |lat_sec = 35
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 54 |lon_sec = 15
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen
Regierungsbezirk = Chemnitz
Landkreis = Mittelsachsen
Höhe = 268
Fläche = 29.93
Einwohner = 4979
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 09326
Vorwahl = 037382
Kfz = MW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 1 82 130
Straße = Markt 1
Website = [http://www.geringswalde.de/ www.geringswalde.de]
Bürgermeister = PDSGeringswalde (IPA2|geːʁɪŋsˈvaldə) is a town in the district of
Mittelsachsen , in theFree State of Saxony ,Germany . It is situated 12 km northwest ofMittweida , and 27 km north ofChemnitz .The town was first mentioned in 1233 in a document confirming the establishment of a Benedictine nun's convent. The neogothic Martin Luther church of 1890 replaces a former romanesque church. The
neo-baroque town hall was opened in 1905, the school house inneo-renaissance style around the same time. Anobservation tower named afterFrederick Augustus III of Saxony , situated north of the town, opened in 1907.
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