Zwickau: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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 This hotel in the charming Saxon town of Zwickau lies a few steps from buses and trams, which connect you to the shops, attractions, and businesses of… MoreEUR 79 - 284 Holiday Inn Zwickau
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 This small, 3-star hotel in the Saxon town of Zwickau offers free Wi-Fi, varied breakfast buffets, and free private parking. Zwickau Central Station i… MoreEUR 52 - 163 ACHAT Comfort Hotel Zwickau
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Zwickau: Guide
Zwickau is a city of Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde, 130 km (82 miles) southwest of Dresden, south of Leipzig and south west of Chemnitz. (Population: slightly under 100,000). It is accessed by nearest autobahnen, the Bundesautobahn 72|A72 and Bundesautobahn 4|A4 along with a train station.
Boundaries
Zwickau is bounded by Mülsen, Reinsdorf bei Zwickau|Reinsdorf, Wilkau-Haßlau, Hirschfeld (Zwickau)|Hirschfeld (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kirchberg), Lichtentanne, Werdau, Neukirchen (Pleiße)|Neukirchen, Crimmitschau and Dennheritz (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Crimmitschau) along with the districts of Chemnitzer Land with the city of Glauchau.
Districts
Mitte (Center)
Among the nine churches, the fine Gothic architecture|Gothic church of St Mary (1451-1536 and restored 1885-1891), with a spire 285 Foot (unit of length)|ft. high and a bell weighing 51 tons, is remarkable. The church contains an altar with wood-carving and eight pictures by Michael Wohlgemuth and a remarkable pietà in carved and painted wood, by Peter Breuer Marienkirche:.The late Gothic church of St Catharine
It is also the birthplace of Robert Schumann and there is a museum dedicated to him.
The manufactures of Zwickau include spinning and weaving, machinery, automobiles (notably Horch and Audi before World War II|WW II and the Trabant), chemicals, porcelain, paper, glass, dyestuffs, wire goods, tinware, stockings, and curtains. There are also steam saw-mills, diamond and glass polishing works, iron-foundries, and breweries. Though no longer relatively so important as when it lay on the chief trade route from Saxony to Bohemia and the Danube, Zwickau carries on considerable commerce in grain, linen, and coal. The mainstay of the industrial prosperity of the town is the adjacent coalfield, which in 1908 employed 13,000 hands, and yielded million of tons of coal annually. The mining|mines are mentioned as early as 1348; but they have only been actively worked since 1823, during which time the population of Zwickau has increased more than tenfold.
Zwickau is home of the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences with about 4700 students and two campuses in the area of Zwickau.
The region around Zwickau was settled by Slavic people|Slavs as early as the 7th century. In the 10th century, German settlers began arriving and the native Slavs were Christianized. A trading place known as Zcwickaw was mentioned in 1118. The settlement received a town charter in 1212 and hosted Franciscans and Cistercians during the 13th century. Zwickau was a free imperial city from 1290-1323, but was granted to the margraves of Meissen afterward. Although regional mining began in 1316, extensive mining increased with the discovery of silver in the Schneeberg in 1470.
The Anabaptist movement of 1525 began at Zwickau under the inspiration of the "Zwickau prophets." Confessional warfare plundered the city during the Thirty Years' War.
The composer Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau in 1810 in a house which still stands in the marketplace.
During the Second World War, the German government operated a prison camp in Zwickau, liberated by the Allies in 1945. After liberation by the Americans, the town was placed under Soviet control.
From 1949-1990 Zwickau belonged to East Germany and was a center for the mining of coal.
As of November 2004, Ampelmännchen traffic signals have achieved gender equality; in Zwickau the first traffic light lady, or Ampelfrau, was created.
1895: Pölbitz
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Carl Wilhelm Ferber: 1800, 1802, 1804, 1806, 1808, 1810, 1812, 1814
1827 - 1830: Christian Heinrich Mühlmann, Stadtvogt
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Innenstadt
12 Mitte-Nord
13 Mitte-West
14 Mitte-Süd
815 Nordvorstadt
Ost (East)
21 Gebiet Äußere Dresdner Straße/Pöhlauer Straße
22 Eckersbach Siedlung
23 Pöhlau
24 Zwickau-Auerbach|Auerbach
25 Eckersbacher Höhe (E5/1)
26 Eckersbacher Höhe (E5/2-3)
27 Eckersbacher Höhe (E1-E4)
28 Gebiet Talstraße/Trillerberg
Nord (North)
31 Pölbitz
32 Zwickau-Weißenborn|Weißenborn
33 Niederhohndorf
34 Zwickau-Hartmannsdorf|Hartmannsdorf
35 Oberrothenbach¹
36 Mosel ¹
37 Zwickau-Crossen|Crossen¹
38 Schneppendorf
39 Schlunzig ¹
West (West)
41 Gebiet Reichenbacher Straße und Freiheitssiedlung
42 Zwickau-Marienthal|Marienthal-Ost
43 Marienthal-West
44 Zwickau-Brand|Brand
Süd (South)
51 Bockwa
52 Oberhohndorf
53 Schedewitz/Geinitzsiedlung
54 Niederplanitz
55 Neuplanitz
56 Hüttelsgrün
57 Oberplanitz
58 Rottmannsdorf ¹
59 Cainsdorf ¹Highlights
Kathrinenkirche:, (restored 1893-94) has an altarpiece ascribed to Lucas Cranach the elder, and is memorable for the pastorate (1520-22) of Thomas Muenzer. Of the secular buildings the most noteworthy are the town-hall of 1581, with the municipal archives, including documents dating back to the 13th century and an autograph MS. of the works of Hans Sachs, and the late Gothic Gewandhaus (cloth merchants' hall), built 1522-24 and now in part converted into a theatre. Economy
Education
Transportation
Altenburg-Nobitz AirportHistory
Incorporations
1902: Marienthal
1905: Eckersbach
1922: Weißenborn
January 1923|January 1, 1923: Schedewitz
1939: Brand and Bockwa
January 1944|January 1, 1944: Oberhohndorf and Planitz (with Oberplanitz, Neuplanitz und Niederplanitz)
February 1953|February 1, 1953: Auerbach, Pöhlau and Niederhohndorf
July 1993|July 1, 1993: Hartmannsdorf
April 1996|April 1, 1996: Rottmannsdorfs
October 1996|October 1, 1996: Crossen (with 4 municipalities on January 1994|Janutary 1, 1994 Schneppendorf)
January 1999|January 1, 1999: Cainsdorf, Mosel, Oberrothenbach and Schlunzig along with Hüttelsgrün (Lichtentanne) and FreiheitssiedlungHistorical population
¹ Census dataHistorical mayors of Zwickau
Tobias Hempel: 1801, 1803, 1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1813, 1815, 1817, 1819
Christian Gottlieb Haugk: 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822
Carl Heinrich Rappius: 1821, 1823, 1825, 1826
Christian Heinrich Pinther: 1824
1830 - 1832: Franz Adolf Marbach
1832 - 1860: Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer
1860 - 1898: Lothar Streit, from 1874 Oberbürgermeister
1898 - 1919: Karl Keil
1919 - 1934: Richard Holz
1945 - 1949: Paul Müller
1949 - 1954: Otto Aßmann
1954 - 1958: Otto Schneider
1958 - 1969: Gustav Seifried
1969 - 1973: Liesbeth Windisch
1973 - 1977: Helmut Repmann
1977 - 1990: Heiner Fischer
1990 - 2001: Rainer EichhornTwinnings
Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic, since 1971
Zaanstad, Netherlands, since 1987
Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since 1988Sports
One time DDR-Oberliga champions, football team FSV Zwickau today play in the sixth tier Landesliga Sachsen.External links