Seiffen
Seiffen is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the central south of Saxony in Germany. Seiffen nestles in the heart of the Ore Mountains, which are famous for many Christmas traditions.- Type: Village with 2,760 residents
- Description: municipality in the Erzgebirgskreis of Germany
- Also known as: “Kurort Seiffen”, “Kurort Seiffen/Erzgebirge”, “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”, and “Seiffen/Erzgebirge”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ore Mountain Toy Museum and Schwartenberg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neuhausen and Deutscheinsiedel.
Neuhausen
Village
Neuhausen/Erzgeb. is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Neuhausen is situated 3 km northeast of Seiffen.
Deutscheinsiedel
Village
Deutscheinsiedel is a village in the Saxon… Deutscheinsiedel is situated 4 km southeast of Seiffen.
Deutschkatharinenberg
Village
Deutschkatharinenberg is a village, which is situated 4½ km south of Seiffen.
Seiffen
- Categories: spa town, municipality without town privileges in Germany, and locality
- Location: Seiffen/Erzgeb., Kurort, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.65° or 50° 39′ north
Longitude
13.45° or 13° 27′ east
Population
2,760
Elevation
645 metres (2,116 feet)
UN/LOCODE
DE SE3
Open location code
9F2MMC2X+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Waray—“Seiffen” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Зайфен”
- Basque: “Seiffen”
- Catalan: “Seiffen”
- Cebuano: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Cebuano: “Seiffen”
- Chechen: “Зайффен (МаьӀдан лаьмнаш)”
- Chechen: “Зайффен”
- Chinese: “塞芬”
- Czech: “Seiffen”
- Dutch: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Esperanto: “Seiffen”
- Estonian: “Seiffeni vald”
- French: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- German: “Kurort Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- German: “Seiffen”
- German: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Hebrew: “זייפן”
- Hungarian: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Irish: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Italian: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Italian: “Seiffen”
- Japanese: “ザイフェン/エルツゲビルゲ”
- Ladin: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Macedonian: “Зајфен”
- Malay: “Seiffen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Seiffen”
- Norwegian: “Seiffen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Seiffen”
- Persian: “سایفن”
- Persian: “کوراورت زایفن”
- Polish: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Portuguese: “Seiffen”
- Romanian: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Romanian: “Seiffen”
- Russian: “Зайфен”
- Serbian: “Зајфен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Slovak: “Seiffen”
- Spanish: “Seiffen”
- Swedish: “Seiffen”
- Tatar: “Зайффен (Руда таулары)”
- Tatar: “Зайффен”
- Turkish: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Ukrainian: “Зайффен”
- Upper Sorbian: “Seiffen”
- Uzbek: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Volapük: “Seiffen/Erzgeb.”
- Waray (Philippines): “Seiffen”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Steinhübel and Heidelbach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Schauwerkstatt Seiffener Volkskunst and Rathaus Kurort Seiffen.
Saxony: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Dresden and Leipzig.
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