Zwickau (district)
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State | Saxony | |
Capital | Zwickau | |
Area | ||
• Total | 949 km2 (366 sq mi) | |
Population (31 December 2017)[1] | ||
• Total | 319,988 | |
• Density | 340/km2 (870/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
Vehicle registration | Z, GC, HOT, WDA | |
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Zwickau (German: Landkreis Zwickau) is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
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
Municipalities
Honourary Citizens
- Martin Mutschmann, 1933[2] (revoked ?)
Notes
- ↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2017] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). October 2018.
- ↑ Miller 2017, p. 341.
References
- Miller, Michael (2017). Gauleiter Volume 2. California: R James Bender Publishing. ISBN 1-932970-32-0.
External links
Media related to Landkreis Zwickau at Wikimedia Commons - Official website (in German)
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