Mühlau, Germany

Muehlau is a municipality in the district of Central Saxony Saxony. It is part of the joint management Burgstädt.

Geography

Muehlau located in the Erzgebirge about 3 km north of Limbach -Oberfrohna and 15 km north- west of Chemnitz.

History

The settlers came originally from Mehlem then on the Rhine and they were brought from the monastery Zschillen into the country. The place name derives from the Muehlau former hometown. In 1346 Muehlau was first mentioned as flours.

Transport links

The nearby A 4 can be reached via the connections Limbach- Oberfrohna and Chemnitz -Mitte. The A72 to Leipzig leads past the church and can be reached via the connections Hartmann village and Niederfrohna.

Personalities

  • Albert Hößler (1910-1942), member of the KPD, the NKVD - trained fighter in Spain, parachute agent of the Soviet Union in World War II
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