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German Zwickau pronun tsvɪkaʊ cia tion; Hist Czech Šwikawa Sorbian Cvikov is a town of Saxony in Germany, it is the capital of Zwickau Zwickau district is located in a valley at the foot of the Ore Mountains and is located in the triangle Saxon an area including Leipzig-Halle Dresde and Chemnitz city account about 100 000 inhabitants, but has a regional catchment area of over 480 000 2 from 1834 until 1952 Zwickau was the seat of government of the southwestern region of Saxony.
Zwickau, known as the city of the automobile 3 is the center of the Saxon automotive industry, with a tradition of over a hundred years well known beyond the borders of Germany are the car manufacturers such as Audi Horch arrows Auto Union silver Type a, B, C, D, Trabant and Volkswagen Since 2000, its history has been presented at the Museum August Horch-4 in the former Audi Works University of applied sciences Hochschule Zwickau Zwickau Westsächsische trains engineers automobiles.
The valley 166 kilometers 103 miles long Zwickauer Mulde extends the Vogtland at Colditz Castle to the other longest tourist route end Silver Saxony Road, connects Dresden with Zwickau The ADAC City Guide 2005 wrote the city of Zwickau s 'has changed over the years from a traditional mining town in an elegant Art Nouveau town, which is to discover 5.
Zwickau is accessible by car via the A4 and A72 motorway near the main railway station Hauptbahnhof Zwickau and is also accessible via a public airfield which takes light aircraft.
The region around Zwickau was settled by the Slavs from the 7th Century Zwickau name is probably a Germanization of the name Sorbian Šwikawa derived from Svarozič Slavic sun and fire god 6 In the 10th century, German settlers began arriving and native Slavs were Christianized commercial place known terretorio 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 later given to the Margraviate of Meissen Although regional mining began in 1316, extensive mining increased with the discovery of silver in the Schneeberg in 1470 because of the silver ore deposits in the Erzgebirge, Zwickau developed during the 15th and 16th centuries and has grown to be an important economic and cultural center l Saxony.
His nine churches are the Gothic church of St. Mary 1451 1536, with an arrow 285 feet high and 51 tons of a bell The church contains an altar with wood sculptures, eight paintings by Michael Wohlgemuth and a wooden Pietà carved and painted by Peter Breuer.
The church of late Gothic St. Catherine altarpiece attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and one remembers that Thomas Müntzer was once pastor there in 1520 22 The town hall began in 1404 and rebuilt several times since the municipal archives include documents dating from the 13th century.
Old books of the Middle Ages, historical documents, letters and books are kept in the archives City eg volumes Meister Singer Hans Sachs 1494 1576, and the school library founded by researchers and by the secretary of the Stephan Roth city during the Reformation.
In 1520 Martin Luther dedicated his treatise on freedom of the Christian man to his friend Hermann Muehlpfort, the Lord Mayor of Zwickau The Anabaptist movement of 1525 began at Zwickau under the inspiration of the prophets Zwickau 7 After Wittenberg, he became the first city in Europe to join the Lutheran Reformation late Gothic Gewandhaus drapers hall, was built in 1522 and now 24 is transformed into a city theater was seriously damaged during the Thirty years war .
The old town of Zwickau, on a hill, is surrounded by hills with vast forests and a city park near the Toen are the Hartenstein area, for example, Stein and Wolfsbrunn castles and Prinzenhöhle cav, and the peak Auersberg 1019 meters and the ski areas around Johanngeorgenstadt and Vogtland.
In the old town from the cathedral and the Gewandhaus cloth merchants' hall are from the 16th century, when money was exchanged Schneeberg the 19th century, the city's economy was driven by the industrial and coal mines later in automotive manufacturing.
The April 17, 1945, US troops entered the city, they retired June 30, 1945 and handed over to the Soviet Red Army Zwickau Between 1944 and 2003, the city had a population of over 100,000.
A major employer is Volkswagen assembles its models Golf, Passat and Phaeton in the factory Zwickau-Mosel vehicle.
The Brückenberg I hard coal mine later named Karl Marx, here in 1948.
Coal mining was first mentioned in 1348 7 However, mining on an industrial scale began in the early 19th century, coal mining of Zwickau and Lugau-Oelsnitz coal neighbor has contributed to the industrialization of the region and the city.
In 1885, Carl Wolf invented a mining safety lamp operation improved gas detection, he held the world's first patent for Friemann together with his business partner, he founded the coal extraction plant Wolf Friemann ceased in 1978, about 230 million tons were mined at a depth of over 1000 meters in 1992 Zwickau s last coke oven plant was closed.
Many industries developed in the city as a result of mining equipment for the coal mining industry, the work of iron and steel, textiles, machinery, and more chemicals, porcelain, paper, glass, dyes, metal products, tin and bottom curtains There was also steam mills, diamond and glass polishing work, iron foundries, and breweries.
In 1904, Horch automobile factory was founded, followed by the Audi plant in 1909. In 1932, both brands have been incorporated into Auto Union, but retained their independent brands The Auto Union racing cars developed by Ferdinand Porsche Robert Eberan von Eberhorst driven by Bernd Rosemeyer Hans Stuck Tazio Nuvolari Ernst von Delius became well known in the world during the Second world war, the Nazi government operated a satellite camp of Flossenburg concentration camp in Zwickau, which was located near the factory Auto Union Horch Nazi administration built a hard labor prison camp Osterstein Castle both camps were liberated by the US army in 1945 on 1 August 1945 military administration was handed over to the Soviet army Auto Union factories Horch and Audi were dismantled by the Soviets; Auto Union moved to Ingolstadt Bavaria, evolving in today society Audi In 1948, all major companies were seized by the German government.
With the founding of the German Democratic Republic in 1949 in eastern Germany, the reconstruction of post-war began in 1958, Horch and Audi factories were merged into the plant Sachsenring car factory Sachsenring Trabant compact cars were manufactured These small cars had a two-cylinder, two-stroke engine the car was the first vehicle in the world to be manufactured industrially with a plastic car body the former manufacturing site VEB Sachsenring was acquired by Volkswagen in 1990 and has since been converted as engine and transmission manufacture.
AUDI AG and the city of Zwickau operates the August Horch Museum in the former Audi factory.
Two large industrial facilities of Soviet Wismut SDAG were in the town of uranium mill in Zwickau-Crossen, producing uranium concentrate known as yellowcake ore mined in the Erzgebirge and Thuringia, and the manufacturing plant machines in Zwickau-Cainsdorf production of equipment for uranium mines and factories of East Germany uranium ended in 1989, and after the reunification of Wismut machine building plant was sold to a private investor.
Crossen 1996 with 4 towns 1 January 1994 Schneppendorf.
1999 Cainsdorf, Moselle, Oberrothenbach and Schlunzig with Hüttelsgrün Lichtentanne and Freiheitssiedlung.
The production of the Trabant was discontinued after German reunification, but Volkswagen has built a new plant, and now Sachsenring is a supplier for the automotive industry Today, the seat of the Volkswagen-Saxony Ltd. Is a VW subsidiary in northern part of Zwickau.
Zwickau is home to the University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau with about 4700 students and two campuses within Zwickau.
The city is close to the A4 and A72 Dresden-Erfurt Hof Chemnitz s Autobahn.
Zwickau Hauptbahnhof Dresden Werdau part of the line of the trunk line connecting Saxon-Franconian Nuremberg and Dresden There are other rail links in Leipzig and Karlovy Vary and Cheb in the Czech Republic The central element of the transport system urban public Zwickau's Zwickau tram network; the system is also the Zwickau model prototype supposedly for such systems.
The nearest airport is Leipzig-Altenburg with a very limited number of flights operated by the low cost airline Ryanair The nearest airports are the major Leipzig-Halle and Dresden offering a large number of domestic and international flights.
House where Robert Schumann was born in 1810, the museum 5 Hauptmarkt.
In the city center, there are three museums an art museum in the 19th century and the houses of the priests of the 13th century, both located next to the church of St Mary Just around the corner there is the Robert-Schumann museum the museums offer different collections dedicated to the history of the city, as well as art and a mineralogical collection, paleontological and geological specimens with many of the city and surrounding mountains Erzgebirge.
Zwickau is the birthplace of the composer Robert Schumann The house where he was born in 1810 still stands on the market it is now called Robert-Schumann-House and a museum dedicated to him.
1800, 1802, 1804, 1806, 1808, 1810, 1812, 1814 Carl Wilhelm Ferber.
1801 1803 1805 1807 1809 1811 1813 1815 1817 1819 Tobias Hempel.
Christian Heinrich 1827 1830 Mühlmann, Stadtvogt.
1945 Georg Ulrich Handke 1894-1962 acting Lord Mayor.
Martin Roman, 1432 1483, merchant, owner of the mine, knight.
Nicholas Storch before 1500 after 1536, Weaver and lay preacher Zwickau Prophets.
Janus Cornarius c 1500 1558, philologist and physicians.
David Köler 1532 1565, musician, organist, choirmaster, composer.
Jacob Leupold 1674 1727, German manufacturer and mechanic instrument.
Robert Schumann 1810 1856 composer of the Romantic era.
Carl Wolf, 1838 1915, the German industrialist, founder of the miner's lamp operates Friemann Wolf in Zwickau.
Kurt Sorge, 1855 1928, German industrial policy and DVP.
Heinrich Schurtz 1863 1903, German ethnologist and historian.
August Horch 1868 1952, automotive engineer, doctor honoris causa of the Technical University of Braunschweig.
Heinrich Waentig 1870 1943, economist and German politician SPD.
Hans Dominik 1872 1945, German writer, journalist and engineer.
Fritz Bleyl 1880 1966 painter and Expressionist architect.
Robert von Eberan Eberhorst 1902 1982 Austrian automotive engineer, race car builder in 1938 Auto Union Type D.
Gershom Schocken 1912 1990, Israeli journalist and politician.
Gert Fröbe 1913 1988, actor in many roles in film and on stage.
Gerhard Schürer 1921 2010, German politician SED.
Rolf Hädrich 1931 2000, German director and screenwriter.
Dieter F Uchtdorf was born in 1940, Second Counselor in the First Presidency The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lived here after World War II.
Harald Fritzsch was born in 1943, German physicist theorist quantum theory.
Volkmar Weiss was born in 1944, German geneticists, social historian and genealogist.
Jürgen Croy born in 1946, Goalkeeper football at the old Sachsenring Zwickau elected GRB GDR Footballer of the Year in 1972, 1976 and 1978.
Christoph Bergner born in 1948, German CDU politician, prime minister from 1993 to 1994 Saxony-Anhalt.
Eckart Viehweg 1948 2010, German mathematician.
Hagen von Ortloff born in 1949, German TV journalist-Eisenbahn-Romantik.
Werner Schulz born 1950, German politician Alliance 90 Greens.
Christoph Daum born 1953, player and football coach.
Lutz Dombrowski born 1959, German athlete and Olympic champion.
Lars Riedel born 1967, German discus thrower, a multiple world champion and Olympic champion in Atlanta in 1996.
Olaf Schubert, born in 1967, actor and musician.
Martini Cathleen born 1982 world champion in bobsleigh in 2011.
Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since 1988.
Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen of Gemeinden 2015 Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage of Zensus 2011 PDF Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen Freistaates of German in July 2016.
Industrie und Wirtschaft Industry Trade.
Official website in August Horch Museum Zwickau Archive November 2, 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
ADAC Travel Guide, towns and cities from A to Z Guide Germany Travel Information, first edition in June 2005, 368 pages, ISBN 3-89905-233-1.
Zwickau von Stadbaurat Ebersbach in Germany Deutschlands Städtebau cities, Deutscher und Architektur Industrieverlag Berlin in 1921.
A b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm, Hugh, ed Zwickau 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica 11th ed 28 Cambridge University Press, 1061 p.
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