Gößnitz

For the town in Styria, see Gößnitz, Austria.

Gößnitz
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Gößnitz within Altenburger Land district
Gößnitz Gößnitz
Coordinates: 50°53′25″N 12°25′58″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Altenburger Land
Subdivisions	6
Government
• Mayor (2019–25)	Wolfgang Scholz
Area
• Total	14.04 km2 (5.42 sq mi)
Elevation	202 m (663 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,433
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04639
Dialling codes	034493
Vehicle registration	ABG
Website	www.goessnitz.de

Gößnitz (German pronunciation: [ˈɡœsnɪt͡s] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Pleiße, 12 km south of Altenburg, and 20 km northwest of Zwickau. Gößnitz received its town charter in 1718. It is known for the railroad junction of the Leipzig-Hof railway connection and the Central-Germany connection (Dresden - Chemnitz - Gößnitz - Gera - Erfurt) and its station prides itself having Europe's longest platform, as well as the Gößnitz Open-Air. The town's greatest prosperity was at the time of industrialization; Hence Viktor Grimm's representative malt factory from 1889 still characterizes the cityscape.

Gößnitz Town hall

Sons and daughters of the city

• Hans Lungwitz (1881-1967), physician, philosopher and founder of psychobiology
• Joachim Reichmann (1923-1991), surgeon and university lecturer