Rammenau

Rammenau
Municipality
Rammenau Castle, front side
Rammenau Castle, front side
Czech RepublicDresdenGörlitz (district)Meißen (district)Sächsische Schweiz-OsterzgebirgeArnsdorfBautzenBernsdorfBischofswerdaGroßröhrsdorfBurkauCrostwitzCunewaldeDemitz-ThumitzDoberschau-GaußigElsterheideElstraFrankenthal, SaxonyGödaGroßdubrauGroßharthauGroßnaundorfGroßpostwitzGroßröhrsdorfMalschwitzHaselbachtalHochkirchHoyerswerdaKamenzKönigsbrückKönigswarthaKubschützLaußnitzLautaLichtenberg (Lausitz)LohsaMalschwitzNebelschützNeschwitzNeukirch (bei Königsbrück)Neukirch/LausitzObergurigOhornOßlingOttendorf-OkrillaPanschwitz-KuckauPulsnitzPuschwitzRadebergRadiborRäckelwitzRalbitz-RosenthalRammenauSchirgiswalde-KirschauSchmölln-PutzkauKamenzSchwepnitzSohland an der SpreeSpreetalSteinaSteinigtwolmsdorfWachau, SaxonyWeißenbergWilthenWittichenauBrandenburgPolen
Location of Rammenau within Bautzen district
Interactive map of Rammenau
Rammenau is located in Germany
Rammenau
Rammenau
Location within Germany
Rammenau is located in Saxony
Rammenau
Rammenau
Location within Saxony
Coordinates: 51°9′N 14°8′E / 51.150°N 14.133°E / 51.150; 14.133
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictBautzen
Subdivisions3
Government
 • Mayor (2017–24)Andreas Langhammer
Area
 • Total
10.76 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Elevation
296 m (971 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
1,306
 • Density121.4/km2 (314.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01877
Dialling codes03594
Vehicle registrationBZ, BIW, HY, KM
Websitewww.rammenau.de

Rammenau (in German; Upper Sorbian: Ramnow, pronounced [ˈʁamnɔf]) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany.

It is known as the birthplace of the well-known German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) and of Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766-1849), botanist, entomologist and ornithologist.

Rammenau Castle was built between 1721 and 1735 by architect Johann Christoph Knöffel for Ernst Ferdinand von Knoch, chamberlain of king Augustus II the Strong. As Knoch went bankrupt with the immense costs of this project, Franz Josef von Hoffmann purchased it in a foreclosure auction in 1744. In 1879 it was sold to the von Posern family, with the last owner, Margarete von Helldorff née von Posern, being expropriated by the communists in 1945. Today it is owned by the State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony and open to the public, housing a museum with period furniture.

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References

  1. ↑ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2017, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 12 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Sachsens am 31. Dezember 2025 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 15. Mai 2022 (Gebietsstand 01.01.2025)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  3. ↑ Adamson, Robert (1911). "Fichte, Johann Gottlieb" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). pp. 3131–317.
  4. ↑ Matthias Kade, Hoffmannsegg (Hoffmansegg), Johann Centurius Graf von, in: Sächsische Biografie, hrsg. vom Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde e.V., bearb. von Martina Schattkowsky, Online-Ausgabe: http://www.isgv.de/saebi/ Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (7.10.2011)

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