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Noschkowitz

human settlement in Germany

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ1598220 ↗
Source-derived summary

Noschkowitz is a hamlet which is a dependency (ortsteil) of Jahnatal (before 2023 Ostrau), a municipality of Mittelsachsen kreis in Saxony, Germany. It is in the valley of the Rittmitzer Bach (a tributary of the Jahna), 8 kilometres north of Döbeln.

It is known for Schloss Noschkowitz, records of which date back to the 13th century.

Local notables

Adolphus Zimmermann, Wisconsin brewer, legislator and local official, was a native of Noschkowitz.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Noschkowitz” as human settlement in Germany. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Noschkowitz, human and settlement can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as human settlement in Germany. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1598220. Authority coordinates are 51.189, 13.140. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023.

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This entry incorporates text from “Noschkowitz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.