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Zwickau () is the fourth-largest city of Saxony, Germany, after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, with around 88,000 inhabitants.

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Zwickau is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Saxony, with a population of around 88,000 people. It ranks behind only Leipzig, Dresden, and Chemnitz among Saxony's cities.

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Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_flag
Flagge Zwickau.svg
German location.image_coa
DEU Zwickau COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Zwickau in Z.svg
German location.state
Sachsen
German location.district
Zwickau
German location.area
102.58
German location.postal_code
08001–08067
German location.area_code
0375
German location.licence
Z
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
14524330
German location.divisions
5 urban units with 35 townships
German location.mayor
Constance Arndt (BfZ)
German location.leader_term
2020–27
German location.Bürgermeistertitel
Oberbürgermeister

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Official website

Startseite - Stadt Zwickau

zwickau.de

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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Economic history
  • Coal mining
  • Automotive industry
  • Uranium mining
  • Boundaries
  • Incorporations
  • Population
  • Education
  • Politics
  • Mayor and city council
  • Historical mayors
  • Sports
  • Transport
  • Museums
  • Notable people
  • Born before 1900
  • Born after 1900
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Zwickau () is the fourth-largest city of Saxony, Germany, after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, with around 88,000 inhabitants.

The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: Zwickauer Mulde; progression: ), and lies in a string of cities sitting in the densely populated foreland of the Elster and Ore Mountains stretching from Plauen in the southwest via Zwickau, Chemnitz and Freiberg to Dresden in the northeast. Zwickau is the seat of the Zwickau District, the most densely populated district in the new states of Germany.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zwickau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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