Frankenberg, Saxony
Frankenberg is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Zschopau, northeast of Chemnitz, and some north of the border to the Czech Republic.
It was the site of the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenburg.
Sons and daughters of the city
- Christian Gottlob Höpner, composer and organist
- Franz Kuhn, lawyer, sinologist and translator
- Eberhard Vogel, record footballer of the GDR
- Jochen Sachse, hammer thrower and Olympic medalist
- Sonja Morgenstern, figure skater
- Matthias Weichert, operatic baritone
- Anett Fiebig, swimmer
- Anja Möllenbeck, discus thrower
- Susan Leithoff, politician
- Peer Kluge, footballer