Zwickau (district)

Zwickau
—  District  —
Country  Germany
State Saxony
Adm. region Chemnitz
Capital Zwickau
Area
 • Total 949 km2 (366.4 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 341,932
 • Density 360.3/km2 (933.2/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration Z
Website http://www.landkreis-zwickau.de

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

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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
  1. Crimmitschau
  2. Glauchau
  3. Hartenstein
  4. Hohenstein-Ernstthal
  5. Kirchberg
  6. Lichtenstein
  7. Limbach-Oberfrohna
  1. Meerane
  2. Oberlungwitz
  3. Waldenburg
  4. Werdau
  5. Wildenfels
  6. Wilkau-Haßlau
  7. Zwickau
  1. Bernsdorf
  2. Callenberg
  3. Crinitzberg
  4. Dennheritz
  5. Fraureuth
  6. Gersdorf
  7. Hartmannsdorf bei Kirchberg
  8. Hirschfeld
  9. Langenbernsdorf
  10. Langenweißbach
  1. Lichtentanne
  2. Mülsen
  3. Neukirchen
  4. Niederfrohna
  5. Oberwiera
  6. Reinsdorf
  7. Remse
  8. Sankt Egidien
  9. Schönberg

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 July 2011. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf. 

External links

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