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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Stadt
|image_photo       = Stolpen Marketplace Panorama 2014-10-14.JPG
|image_caption       = Stolpen marketplace in October 2014
|image_coa            = DEU Stolpen COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|2|56|N|14|4|58|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Stolpen in PIR.svg
|state        = Sachsen
|district         = Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
|elevation              = 274
|area            = 60.89
|postal_code               = 01833
|area_code           = 035973
|licence               = PIR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14628380
|website           = [http://www.stolpen.de/ www.stolpen.de]
|mayor             = Maik Hirdina<ref>[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/download/Buergermeister/statistik-sachsen_wahlen_buergermeister_uebersicht_aktuell.xlsx Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022], Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2022&ndash;29
|party             = 
}}

'''Stolpen''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtɔlpn̩|-|De-Stolpen.ogg}}; {{langx|hsb|Stołpin}}, {{IPA|hsb|ˈstɔwpʲin|pron}}) is a town in the district of [[Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]], in [[Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is a historical town, that grew at the foot of the ''Schloßberg'' with the castle ''Burg Stolpen''.

== Burg Stolpen ==
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Burg Stolpen is a castle built on top of the Schloßberg. The first defensive works were built about 1100 and it was first documented in 1222. Owned by the [[Bishop of Meißen]] for nearly 350 years, it passed to the [[Electorate of Saxony]] and was expanded in Renaissance style. In 1675 it was further expanded as a fortress. [[Anna Constantia von Brockdorff]], Countess of Cosel, was imprisoned in the castle from 1716 until her death in 1765. The castle fell into disrepair towards the end of the 18th century. It became a museum in 1875, and has been partly restored since then.<ref name="burg-timeline"/>

== Schloßberg ==
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Schloßberg is a hill just to the south of the town formed of prominent [[basalt column]]s. It is the formation referred to by [[Georgius Agricola]] when he coined the term ''[[basalt#Etymology|basalt]]''.<ref name="basalt"/>

==Historical population==
{|
| valign="top" width="200" |
* ca. 1330 – 500
* ca. 1550 – 725
* 1559 – 122 (property owners)
* 1748 – 146 (property owners)
* 1799 – 706<sup>*</sup>
* 1834 – 1220
* 1871 – 1383
* 1890 – 1401
* 1910 – 1741
| valign="top" width="250" |
* 1925 – 1833
* 1950 – 2913
* 1964 – 2705
* 1970 – 2549
* 1990 – 5890
* 1998 – 6217
* 2004 – 6196
* 2007 – 5988
* 2010 – 5793
|}
<small><sup>*</sup> over 10 years old</small>

[[File:Stolpen Helmsdorf Wilschdorfer 30.jpg|thumb|left|[[Upper Lusatian house]] in Helmsdorf]]

==Twin towns – sister cities==
Stolpen is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:

* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hilzingen]], Germany 
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Amöneburg]], Germany
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Garching an der Alz]], Germany
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jockgrim]], Germany
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Sipplingen]], Germany
* {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Sloup v Čechách]], Czech Republic

==Notable people==
*[[Walter von Boetticher]] (1853–1945), historian and physician, was a general practitioner at Stolpen
*[[The Doll Family]], a circus sideshow act, were born in Stolpen
*[[Christian Friedrich Henrici]], also known as [[Picander]], Bach's librettist ([[St Matthew Passion]]'s text was written by him) was born here.

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="basalt">{{cite web |title=Naturdenkmal Stolpener Basalt |trans-title=Stolpen Basalt Natural Monument |url=http://www.burg-stolpen.org/index.php?action=DefaultContent&id=basalt |language=German |work=Burg Stolpen&nbsp;– Schlösserland Sachsen |access-date=7 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122170147/http://www.burg-stolpen.org/index.php?action=DefaultContent&id=basalt |archive-date=22 November 2011  }}</ref>

<ref name="burg-timeline">{{cite web |title=Chronik |trans-title=Timeline |url=http://www.burg-stolpen.org/de/burg_stolpen/geschichte/ |language=German |work=Burg Stolpen&nbsp;– Schlösserland Sachsen |access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Stolpen}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Burg Stolpen}}
* {{official website}} (in German and English)
* [http://www.burg-stolpen.de/ Burg Stolpen] (in German)

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