Gornau

Gornau
Gornau
Location of Gornau within Erzgebirgskreis district
Coordinates	50°45′31″N 13°2′13″E / 50.75861°N 13.03694°E / 50.75861; 13.03694Coordinates: 50°45′31″N 13°2′13″E / 50.75861°N 13.03694°E / 50.75861; 13.03694
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Admin. region	Chemnitz
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Municipal assoc.	Zschopau
Local subdivisions	3
Mayor	Johanna Vogler (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	19.87 km2 (7.67 sq mi)
Elevation	420-470 m
Population	3,893 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	196 /km2 (507 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ERZ
Postal codes	09405, 09573
Area code	03725

Subdivisions

Gornau has three subdivisions:

• Gornau
• Dittmannsdorf
• Witzschdorf

Gornau is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Politics

Municipal Council

The local council of Gornau has 16 seats. Since the local elections of 2004, the CDU nine seats, the Alliance of Free Voters six seats and the Left held one seat.

Mayor

• 1990–1996: Rolf Hänel (neutral)
• 1996–1997: Manfred Zähler (sitting mayor)
• 1997–2001: Gerhard Olschewski (neutral)
• since 2001: Johanna Vogler (CDU)

Education

• Primary school Gornau

Honorary citizens

• Eckhard Börner (* 1951), politician (CDU), mayor of Witzschdorf, MdL (member of the state assembly)
• Harald Sturm (* 1956 in Witzschdorf), former endura sportsman and quadruple European Champion

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. 

External links

• Gornau Home Page