Lohmen

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Country Germany Municipal assoc. Lohmen/Stadt Wehlen Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Sunday 7:05 AM Postal code 01847		State Saxony Elevation 219 m (719 ft) Area 25.8 km² Population 3,234 (31 Dec 2008)

District Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Weather -1°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 96% Humidity Points of interest Bastei, Neurathen Castle, Basteigebiet, Wesenitz, Steinerner Tisch

Lohmen is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.

Map of Lohmen, Germany

History

Lohmen was first officially recognized as a village in 1292. The village name comes from the Slovak term lom or "fissure". There were quarries in the area as early as 1200, and were the first and biggest in the region. Lohmen and the kingdom Wehlen-Lohmen belonged to the House of Schönburg until it was traded for other property to Maurice, Elector of Saxony in 1543. In the 19th century it became part of the city of Pirna.