Sehmatal is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis

Erzgebirgskreis

Erzgebirgskreis is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Erzgebirge , a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border...

, in Saxony

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

, Germany

Germany

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, which was created in 1999 through the union of Neudorf, Cranzahl and Sehma. The three villages are located along the Sehma

Sehma (river)

The Sehma is a right tributary of the Rive Zschopau in the German federal state of Saxony and begins at the confluence of its headstreams the White Sehma and Red Sehma ....

 river, aligned in a north-south direction. At the northern end is the former village of Sehma, in the middle the town of Cranzahl, to the south the village of Neudorf.

The town borders to Annaberg-Buchholz

Annaberg-Buchholz

Annaberg-Buchholz is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, in the Erzgebirge, capital of the district Erzgebirgskreis.The town is located in the Ore Mountains, at the side of the Pöhlberg . It has three Protestant churches, among them that of St...

 in the north, in the east is Königswalde

Königswalde

Königswalde is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.- External links :...

 and Bärenstein

Bärenstein

Bärenstein is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.- References :...

, Oberwiesenthal

Oberwiesenthal

Oberwiesenthal is a town and a ski resort in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. It is situated in the Erzgebirge mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 19 km south of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 23 km northeast of Karlovy Vary. At , it is the highest town in Germany...

 is south and Crottendorf

Crottendorf

Crottendorf is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany....

 in the west. Nearby is the Bärenstein

Bärenstein (mountain)

Bärenstein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany....

 mountain with a height of 898 meters. The Zschopau Valley Railway stops in Sehma and Cranzahl. At the station in Cranzahl is the starting point for the Fichtelberg Railway to Oberwiesenthal.

Neudorf is the home town of Olympic

Olympic Games

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 gold medalist Viola Bauer

Viola Bauer

Viola Bauer is a retired German cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2007...

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Sehmatal's sister city in the United States is Running Springs, California

Running Springs, California

Running Springs is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 4,862 at the 2010 census, down from 5,125 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Running Springs is located at ....

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