Wilsdruff
Coat of arms of Wilsdruff
Location of Wilsdruff within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
Wilsdruff   is located in Germany
Wilsdruff
Wilsdruff
Wilsdruff   is located in Saxony
Wilsdruff
Wilsdruff
Coordinates: 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 (201724) Ralf Rother[1] (CDU)
Area
  Total81.69 km2 (31.54 sq mi)
Elevation
273 m (896 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total14,474
  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 (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlsˌdʁʊf] ) is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in Saxony, Germany, with 14,444 inhabitants (2020). 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.[3]

References

  1. Bürgermeisterwahlen 2017, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 12 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.
  3. Wilsdruff: 13.900 Einwohner, 10 Asylbewerber - 36 Prozent AfD, Der Spiegel, 25 September 2017.


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