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Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany i
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Hohenmölsen Municipality
Burgenlandkreis District
Saxony-Anhalt State
Germany Country

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Hohenmölsen	Municipality
Burgenlandkreis	District
Saxony-Anhalt	State
Germany	Country

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View of the Hohenmölsen lignite mining area, in 1883.

Gosserau lignite mine, Zembschen, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

View of the Hohenmölsen lignite mining area, in 1922.

Winterfeldt lignite mine, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

View of the Taucha lignite mining area, in 1903.

Hermann lignite mine, Taucha, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

View of the Hohenmölsen lignite mining area, in 1883.

Gosserau lignite mine, Zembschen, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

View of the Hohenmölsen lignite mining area, in 1922.

Winterfeldt lignite mine, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

View of the Taucha lignite mining area, in 1903.

Hermann lignite mine, Taucha, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

View of the Hohenmölsen lignite mining area, in 1883.

Gosserau lignite mine, Zembschen, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

View of the Hohenmölsen lignite mining area, in 1922.

Winterfeldt lignite mine, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Neighbouring regions:

Elsteraue, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Zeitz, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Lützen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Teuchern, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Elstertrebnitz, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany

Pegau, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany

Type:

Municipality

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Hohenmölsen	9,772 (2015)
Granschütz	1,229 (2015)
Taucha	681 (2015)

Mindat Locality ID:

359653

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:359653:4

GUID (UUID V4):

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English:

Hohenmölsen

French:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenland, Saxe-Anhalt, Allemagne

German:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland

Italian:

Hohenmölsen, Circondario del Burgenland, Sassonia-Anhalt, Germania

Russian:

Хоэнмёльзен, Бургенланд, Саксония-Анхальт, Германия

Simplified Chinese:

霍亨默尔森, 布尔根兰县, 萨克森-安哈尔特, 德国

Spanish:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Sajonia-Anhalt, Alemania

Arabic:

هوهنمولزن, بيرغالوند كريس, ساكسونيا أنهالت, ألمانيا

Aromanian:

Hohenmölsen, Ghermãnia

Bashkir:

Хоэнмёльзен, Саксония-Анхальт, Германия

Cebuano:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Alemanya

Danish:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Tyskland

Dutch:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saksen-Anhalt, Duitsland

Esperanto:

Hohenmölsen, Distrikto Burgenland, Saksio-Anhalto, Germanio

Farsi/Persian:

هوهنمولزن, کرتسشاو, زاکسن-آنهالت, آلمان

Hebrew:

הוהנמולזן, חבל בורגנלאנד, סקסוניה-אנהלט, גרמניה

Hungarian:

Hohenmölsen, Szász-Anhalt, Németország

Japanese:

ホーエンメルゼン, ブルゲンラント郡, ザクセン＝アンハルト州, ドイツ

Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):

Хоэнмёльзен, Бургенланд, Саксония-Анхальт, Германия

Kazakh (Latin Script):

Xoénmyolʹzen

Kyrgyz:

Хоэнмөльзен, Германия

Macedonian:

Хоенмелзен, Бургенланд, Саксонија-Анхалт, Германија

Malay:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Jerman

Polish:

Hohenmölsen, Powiat Burgenland, Saksonia-Anhalt, Niemcy

Romanian:

Hohenmölsen, Districtul Burgenland, Saxonia-Anhalt, Germania

Serbian:

Хоенмелзен, Саксонија-Анхалт, Њемачка

Serbo-Croatian:

Hohenmölsen, Saksonija-Anhalt, Njemačka

South Azerbaijani:

هوهنمولزن, زاکسن-آنهالت, آلمان

Swedish:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Tyskland

Turkish:

Hohenmölsen, Saksonya-Anhalt, Almanya

Ukrainian:

Гоенмельзен, Бургенланд, Саксонія-Ангальт, Німеччина

Uzbek (Latin Script):

Hohenmölsen, Saksoniya-Anhalt, Germaniya

Vietnamese:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenland, Sachsen-Anhalt, Đức

Volapük:

Hohenmölsen, Saxän-Lanhaltän, Deutän

Waray:

Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Alemanya

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Locality: Profen Nord opencast, Hohenmölsen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

References:

Krumbiegel, G., Wimmer, R., and Cosmowska-Ceranowicz, B. (2010) A new Krantzite find south of Leipzig (the Profen open-cast mine). In: AMBERIF 2010 - Amber in Geology and Archaeology, 17th Seminar, Gdańsk-Warsaw, 10-14

Wimmer, R., Krumbiegel, G., Cosmowska-Ceranowicz, B., and Wagner-Wysiecka, E. (2017) Neufunde von fossilen Harzen aus dem Mitteldeutschen Braunkohlenrevier. Mauritiana (Altenburg), 31, 164-176.

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenm%C3%B6lsen
Wikidata ID:	Q522390
GeoNames ID:	6550916

Localities in this Region

Germany

Saxony-Anhalt
- Burgenlandkreis
  - Hohenmölsen

Germany

Saxony-Anhalt
- Burgenlandkreis
  - Hohenmölsen
    - Neu Zetsch lignite mine
    - Queissau
      - Bunge-Nebe lignite mine
    - Taucha
      - Hermann lignite mine
    - Webau
      - Webau lignite mine
    - Winterfeldt lignite mine
    - Zembschen
      - Gosserau lignite mine

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

Saxo-Thuringian BeltOrogenic Belt

Germany

Saxony-Anhalt
- Burgenlandkreis
  - Hohenmölsen
    - Profen Nord opencastMine

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