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Klingenthal () is a town in the Vogtland region, in Saxony, south-eastern Germany.
The Aschberg ("cinder mountain") towers above the town at 936 m. The extremely elongated town, 10.5 km from end to end, is surrounded by numerous woods of firs. The town is bisected by the Brunndöbra and Svatava rivers. The two rivers unite at the Czech-German border to form the Svatava river, which in turn flows into the Ohře river at Sokolov, Czech Republic.
In 1716, the foundation of a luthiers' guild was celebrated. Towards the end of the 18th century, bow makers' and string makers' crafts came to Klingenthal, but also the production of wood and brass wind instruments. In 1829, mouth harp production followed and in 1852, accordion production began. In the second half of the 19th century, the production of mouth harps, accordions and other more complex instruments had mostly displaced older branches of musical instrument production.
In 1875, Klingenthal was connected to railway services. On 1 October 1919, Klingenthal received its town charter; on 1 July 1950 Sachsenberg-Georgenthal were incorporated into the town.
On 25 July 1952, parts of the former districts of Auerbach and Oelsnitz were cut off to form the district of Klingenthal. From 1949 to 1990, Klingenthal was home to the Klingenthaler Harmonikawerke, a state-owned company which was the main producer of accordions, harmonicas, and electronic instruments in East Germany.
On 1 April 1992, Mühlleithen, a settlement on the north-western crest of the Aschberg, was incorporated. Since 1996, Klingenthal has been part of Vogtlandkreis. In contrast to Klingenthal, Bas-Rhin, the towns name was Klingenthal/Sa. (Sa. standing for Saxony). By decision of the town government, the Sa. appendix was annulled in January 2007. Ever since, the town's name has been Klingenthal.
In 2005 the Vogtland Arena was finished and competitions in the Nordic Combined World Cup and Ski Jumping World Cup have been held there. It had been a national center for ski jumping when Klingenthal was part of the East Germany (East Germany). on the northern slope of the Schwarzberg mountain, August 2007]]
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