The town includes the villages of Börnichen, Breitenau, Frankenstein, Gahlenz, Görbersdorf, Kirchbach, Lößnitztal and Schönerstadt.

Since the Middle Ages the most important industries had been cloth manufacturing and linen weaving.

[3] During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here.

Oederan is known for its tourist attraction “Klein-Erzgebirge”, the oldest miniature park in Germany.

About 185 miniatures of famous buildings from the area of the Ore Mountains in a reduced scale of 1:25[5] are shown here.