Wilsdruff

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Wilsdruff
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Coat of arms of Wilsdruff
Coat of arms
Location of Wilsdruff within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
Wilsdruff is located in Germany
Wilsdruff
Wilsdruff
Coordinates: 51°3′8″N 13°32′18″E / 51.05222°N 13.53833°E / 51.05222; 13.53833Coordinates: 51°3′8″N 13°32′18″E / 51.05222°N 13.53833°E / 51.05222; 13.53833
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictSächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Subdivisions14
Government
 • Mayor (2017–24) Ralf Rother[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total81.69 km2 (31.54 sq mi)
Elevation
273 m (896 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total14,444
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01723
Dialling codes035204, 035209, 035203, 0351
Vehicle registrationPIR
Websitewww.wilsdruff.de

Wilsdruff is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, with 13,743 inhabitants. It is situated 14 km west of Dresden centre. Kesselsdorf is one of its subdivisions.

Near Wilsdruff there is a facility for high power broadcasting, the Wilsdruff transmitter.

Wilsdruff is home to KNOX, a traditional incense manufacturer and magnussoft, a computer game developer.

In 2017 the town made headlines as 36% of the population voted the German right wing party AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) while in the same year only 10 asylum seekers sought refuge in Wilsdruff. [1]

References[]

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2017, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.


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