Nossen (Upper Sorbian: Nosyn, pronounced [ˈnɔsɨn]) is a town in the district of Meissen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 80 km southeast of Leipzig. The town is dominated by a large Renaissance castle. Nossen is best known for its proximity to a motorway junction where the A14 merges onto the A4.

Nearest towns are Roßwein, Großschirma, Reinsberg and Striegistal in Mittelsachsen districts and Käbschütztal, Lommatzsch and Klipphausen in the Meißen district.

During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here.

From 1995, recorded on 31 December, unless otherwise noted:

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1834 1,778 —     1885 3,945 +121.9% 1960 7,881 +99.8% 1990 6,999 −11.2% 1998 6,552 −6.4%

Year Pop. ±% 2000 6,487 −1.0% 2002 7,781 +19.9% 2004 7,626 −2.0% 2006 7,363 −3.4% 2009 7,142 −3.0%

• Friedrich Funcke (1642-1699), clergyman, cantor and composer
• Paul Richter (1859-1944), architect
• Manfred von Killinger (1886-1944) Nazi politician and diplomat, born on Gut Lindigt
• Joachim Nitsche (1926-1996), German mathematician
• Wolfgang Mieder (born 1944) professor of German Language and Folklore at the University of Vermont

• Official site (in German)