Sehmatal

Sehmatal
the church in Cranzahl
Sehmatal
Location of Sehmatal within Erzgebirgskreis district
Coordinates	50°31′0″N 12°59′0″E / 50.516667°N 12.983333°E / 50.516667; 12.983333Coordinates: 50°31′0″N 12°59′0″E / 50.516667°N 12.983333°E / 50.516667; 12.983333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Admin. region	Chemnitz
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Local subdivisions	3
Mayor	Udo Ott
Basic statistics
Area	44.45 km2 (17.16 sq mi)
Elevation	700-800 m
Population	7,048 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	159 /km2 (411 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ERZ
Postal code	09465
Area code	037342
Website	www.sehmatal.de

Sehmatal is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany, which was created in 1999 through the union of Neudorf, Cranzahl and Sehma. The three villages are located along the Sehma river, aligned in a north-south direction. At the northern end is the former village of Sehma, in the middle the town of Cranzahl, to the south the village of Neudorf.

The town borders to Annaberg-Buchholz in the north, in the east is Königswalde and Bärenstein, Oberwiesenthal is south and Crottendorf in the west. Nearby is the Bärenstein mountain with a height of 898 meters. The Zschopau Valley Railway stops in Sehma and Cranzahl. At the station in Cranzahl is the starting point for the Fichtelberg Railway to Oberwiesenthal.

Neudorf is the home town of Olympic gold medalist Viola Bauer.

Sehmatal's sister city in the United States is Running Springs, California.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf.