Zwickau (district)

Zwickau (German: Landkreis Zwickau) is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

Zwickau
District
Coat of arms
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
CapitalZwickau
Area
 • Total949 km2 (366 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[1]
 • Total317,531
 • Density330/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationZ, GC, HOT, WDA
Websitelandkreis-zwickau.de

History

The district was established by merging the former districts Zwickauer Land, Chemnitzer Land and the urban district Zwickau as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Geography

The district is located in the northern foothills of the Erzgebirge, west of Chemnitz. The main rivers of the district are the Zwickauer Mulde and the Pleiße. It borders (from the west and clockwise) the state Thuringia, the district Mittelsachsen, the urban district Chemnitz, and the districts Erzgebirgskreis and Vogtlandkreis.

Towns and municipalities

Towns
  1. Crimmitschau
  2. Glauchau
  3. Hartenstein
  4. Hohenstein-Ernstthal
  5. Kirchberg
  6. Lichtenstein
  7. Limbach-Oberfrohna
  8. Meerane
  9. Oberlungwitz
  10. Waldenburg
  11. Werdau
  12. Wildenfels
  13. Wilkau-Haßlau
  14. Zwickau

Municipalities
  1. Bernsdorf
  2. Callenberg
  3. Crinitzberg
  4. Dennheritz
  5. Fraureuth
  6. Gersdorf
  7. Hartmannsdorf bei Kirchberg
  8. Hirschfeld
  9. Langenbernsdorf
  10. Langenweißbach
  11. Lichtentanne
  12. Mülsen
  13. Neukirchen
  14. Niederfrohna
  15. Oberwiera
  16. Reinsdorf
  17. Remse
  18. Sankt Egidien
  19. Schönberg

Honorary Citizens

Notes
  1. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2019.
  2. Miller 2017, p. 341.
gollark: It does ask if you want to authorize the desktop client which generated the QR code. This is overblown.
gollark: I like to edit the file to say "By changing this value to `true` you do not agree with the EULA".
gollark: No, IC2 is probably better.
gollark: Can I not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not install potatOS?
gollark: Okay, can I install potatOS on the half of the computers in there which do not already run it?

References
  • Miller, Michael (2017). Gauleiter Volume 2. California: R James Bender Publishing. ISBN 1-932970-32-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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