Klipphausen

Municipality in Saxony, Germany

Location of Klipphausen within Meißen district

(2019–26) Mirko Knöfel^[1]Area

• Total111.56 km² (43.07 sq mi)Elevation

260 m (850 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total10,366 • Density93/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

01665

Dialling codes0351, 03521, 035204, 035244Vehicle registrationMEI, GRH, RG, RIEWebsiteklipphausen.de

Klipphausen is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany.

Schloss Scharfenberg is located in the Pegenau area of Klipphausen.

In today's locality Röhrsdorf, Julius Adolph Stöckhardt was born, who helped to establish agricultural chemistry in Germany, initiated the establishment of agricultural experiment stations and was a pioneer of environmental research.

Sons and daughters of the community

Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822–1862), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (1825–1906), diplomat
Julius Adolph Stöckhardt (1809–1886), agricultural engineer
Erhard Siedel (1895–1979), actor and theater actor
Wulf Kirsten (born 1934), lyric poet
Dieter Wendisch (born 1953), rower, Olympic champion 1976 and 1980

References

^ Wahlergebnisse 2019, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.