Lohmen is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Erzgebirge.- History :...

 district, in Saxony

Saxony

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Germany

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History

Lohmen was first officially recognized as a village in 1292. The village name comes from the Slovak

Slovak language

Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...

 term lom or "fissure". There were quarries in the area as early as 1200, and were the first and biggest in the region. Lohmen and the kingdom Wehlen-Lohmen belonged to the House of Schönburg

House of Schönburg

Schönburg is the name of an old noble house, formerly with properties in present day Saxony, Thuringia and Bohemia.- History :...

 until it was traded for other property to Maurice, Elector of Saxony

Maurice, Elector of Saxony

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 in 1543. In the 19th century it became part of the city of Pirna

Pirna

Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 40,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt...

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Public Services

• Volunteer Fire Department Lohmen
• Lohmen Elementary School
• Kindergarten and daycare services
• Lohmen Castle