- Source: Wildenthal (Eibenstock)
Wildenthal is a village in the town of Eibenstock in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the Saxon Ore Mountains of Central Germany.
Location
The state-recognised resort lies in a deeply incised valley of the Große Bockau river at the foot of the 1019-metre-high Auersberg within the Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park. The village lies at an elevation of between 720 and 1019 metres above sea level (NN). The hamlet of Oberwildenthal on the state road to Johanngeorgenstadt also belongs to the town subdivision of Wildenthal. A link road to Carlsfeld branches off in the village.
History
From 1952 to 1990, Wildenthal was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany.
References
External links
Official home page of the Eibenstock village of Wildenthal
Wildenthal (Eibenstock) in the Digital Historic Index of Places in Saxony (Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen)