Gornau

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Gornau
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Location of Gornau within Erzgebirgskreis district
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Gornau
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Gornau
Coordinates: 50°45′31″N13°2′13″E / 50.75861°N 13.03694°E / 50.75861; 13.03694 Coordinates: 50°45′31″N13°2′13″E / 50.75861°N 13.03694°E / 50.75861; 13.03694
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Erzgebirgskreis
Municipal assoc. Zschopau
Subdivisions3
Government
   Mayor (201522) Nico Wollnitzke [1] (CDU)
Area
  Total19.87 km2 (7.67 sq mi)
Elevation
445 m (1,460 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [2]
  Total3,749
  Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
09405, 09437 (Witzschdorf), 09573 (Dittmannsdorf)
Dialling codes 03725
Vehicle registration ERZ

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

Contents

Subdivisions

Gornau has three subdivisions:

Politics

Municipal Council

The local council of Gornau has 14 seats. Since the local elections of 2014, the CDU eight seats, the Alliance of Free Voters four seats, Left one seat and the SPD one seat, too.

Mayor

Education

Honorary citizens

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References

  1. Bürgermeisterwahlen 2015, 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.