What is "lossnitz"

Lossnitz can refer to several places in Germany:

• Niederlößnitz and Oberlößnitz, two parts of Radebeul
• Loßnitz, part of Freiberg, Saxony
• Lößnitz, a town in the district Aue-Schwarzenberg
• Große Lößnitz, a river in Saxony

Bergstadt Lößnitz (“Mining Town of Lößnitz”, also spelt Lössnitz), sometimes also called Muhme (“Aunt”) for its age, is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Town League of Silberberg (Städtebund Silberberg). Its name comes from the Slavic lesnice, meaning “forest place”.