Wilsdruff
Wilsdruff (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlsˌdʁʊf] ) is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in Saxony, Germany, with 14,444 inhabitants (2020). It is situated 14 km west of Dresden centre. Kesselsdorf is one of its subdivisions.
Near Wilsdruff there is a facility for high power broadcasting, the Wilsdruff transmitter.
Wilsdruff is home to KNOX, a traditional incense manufacturer and magnussoft, a computer game developer.
In 2017 the town made headlines as 36% of the population voted the German right wing party AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) while in the same year only 10 asylum seekers sought refuge in Wilsdruff.
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2017, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
- ^ Wilsdruff: 13.900 Einwohner, 10 Asylbewerber - 36 Prozent AfD, Der Spiegel, 25 September 2017.
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