Location

Stützengrün lies in the Ore Mountains

Ore Mountains

The Ore Mountains in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for many centuries. Today, the border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs just north of the main crest of the mountain range...

 right on the boundary with the Vogtland

Vogtland

The term Vogtland refers to a region reaching across the German free states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and into the Czech Republic . The name of the region contains a reference to the former leadership by the Vögte of Weida, Gera and Plauen, which translates approximately to advocates or lord...

. In Stützengrün is found the Weißbach (stream), which empties directly into the Eibenstock Reservoir.

Geology

The community lies on a hilly plateau of Eibenstock tourmaline

Tourmaline

Tourmaline is a crystal boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone and the gem comes in a wide variety of colors...

-granite

Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...

 and stretches from a height of 570 up to 680 metres above sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

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Constituent communities

As well as the namesake community of Stützengrün, the municipal area also includes the amalgamated centres of Hundshübel and Lichtenau.

History

Development of population figures (31 December):

1971 - 2,863 1998 - 4,092 1999 - 4,085 2000 - 4,004

2001 - 3,976 2002 - 3,981 2003 - 3,941 2004 - 3,842

2005 - 3,806 2006 - 3,771

Source as of 1998: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen

Politics

At the 2005 Bundestag election, the CDU

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...

 earned the most in the first and second votes. Voting in Stützengrün went thus:

Party	First Vote	Second Vote
CDU	45.6%	39.4%
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...	21.4%	21.1%
Die Linke.	16.5%	17.1%
FDP	8.3%	12.2%
Greens Greens Greens may refer to:*Leaf vegetables such as collard greens, mustard greens, spring greens, winter greens, spinach, etc.-Politics:Supranational* Green politics* Green party, political parties adhering to Green politics* Global Greens...	1.4%	2.3%
NPD NPD NPD may refer to:* National Democratic Party of Germany, a far-right political party in Germany; after its German language name, Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands...	2.9%	3.7%

2007 mayoral election

At the mayoral election on 2 September 2007, the Bürgermeisterin Birgit Reichel (CDU) was elected once again with 99.3% of the vote. Voter turnout was 48.3%.

Culture and sightseeing

Right on Bundesstraße

Bundesstraße

Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...

169, which runs through the community, is the Bauernbarockkirche (“Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 Farmers’ Church”), built in 1701 and now a protected monument, with its carved altar and a 130-year-old Jehmlich organ.

A further attraction in the community is the 795-m-high Kuhberg (“Cow Mountain”) with the Prinz-Georg-Turm (tower) which affords an unrivalled view of the neighbouring communities. Moreover, the Bergwiesenerlebnispfad (“Mountain Meadow Experience Path”), which features indigenous vegetation and Scottish Highland cattle, makes for an inviting walk.

Transport

Stützengrün lies on Bundesstraße 169. Until the 1970s, the community was connected to the railway by the narrow-gauge

Narrow gauge

A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...

 line that ran from Wilkau-Haßlau

Wilkau-Haßlau

Wilkau-Haßlau is a town in the Zwickau district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Zwickauer Mulde, about 6 km south of Zwickau....

 to Carlsfeld. In 1997, the stretch to Schönheide

Schönheide

Schönheide is a community in Saxony’s district of Erzgebirgskreis that lies in the western Ore Mountains, and was founded as an industrial village.- Geography :...

 was rebuilt and since then has been run as a museum railway

Heritage railway

thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...

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Established businesses

• Brush industry
• Small and medium-sized businesses
• Sporadic agriculture
• Commercial-industrial area on the B 169

Education

The elementary school

Elementary school

An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...

at Stützengrün on Schulstraße (“School Street”) serves the local schooling needs.