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DEUTSCHLAND GERMANY
Bundesland: Freistaat Sachsen Saxony
Landesdirektion: Chemnitz  
Landkreis: Erzgebirgskreis  

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Wiesa

2319 Wiesa Wiesa is situated at an altitude of 500 m in the Zschopau valley in the Annaberg district of Germany's state of Saxony. Wiesa is part of the municipality of Thermalbad Wiesenbad.

The settlement was founded in 1389 and at first was called Rosenaue. The name Wiesa was only indtroduced in 1834. The village flourished in the 15th century because of silver mining in the area.

The picture on glass no.2319 shows a view of the officers prisoners' camp which was established during World War I.

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