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Coswig, Saxony

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Country
  
District
  
Meißen

Postal codes
  
01631–01640

Area
  
25.85 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:37 AM

State
  
Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dialling codes
  
03523

Population
  
21,853 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
03523

Coswig, Saxony httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Weather
  
5°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 95% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Alt ‑ Coswiger Hof, Karrasburg, Aussichtspunkt Boselspitze

Coswig ( [ˈkɔsvɪç]; Upper Sorbian: Kosowiki) is a town in the district of Meißen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, approximately 9 km southeast of Meißen, and 13 km northwest of Dresden. It is the home of Fachkrankenhaus Coswig, a hospital specializing in thoracic surgery.

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Map of Coswig, Germany

The town can be reached from Dresden by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe tram route 4, or from both Dresden and Meißen by Dresden S-Bahn line S1.

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Monika Mrklas (born 1942), cross-country skier and cyclist
  • Heinz Werner (born 1928), porcelain artist
  • Hans-Ulrich Thomale (born 1944), footballer and coach
  • Personalities who have worked on the ground

  • Eugene d'Albert (1864-1932), composer
  • Teresa Carreño (1853-1917), pianist, composer
  • References

    Coswig, Saxony Wikipedia


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