Zwickau District

Zwickau District
Zwickau District
	— District —
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Capital	Zwickau
	Area
• Total	949 km2 (366 sq mi)
	Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	341,932
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	Z, GC, HOT, WDA
Website	landkreis-zwickau.de

Zwickau District (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 Erzgebirge and Vogtland.

Towns and municipalities[]

Towns		Municipalities
Crimmitschau Glauchau Hartenstein Hohenstein-Ernstthal Kirchberg Lichtenstein Limbach-Oberfrohna	Meerane Oberlungwitz Waldenburg Werdau Wildenfels Wilkau-Haßlau Zwickau	Bernsdorf Callenberg Crinitzberg Dennheritz Fraureuth Gersdorf Hartmannsdorf bei Kirchberg Hirschfeld Langenbernsdorf Langenweißbach	Lichtentanne Mülsen Neukirchen Niederfrohna Oberwiera Reinsdorf Remse Sankt Egidien Schönberg

References[]

^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf.

External links[]

Media related to Landkreis Zwickau at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (German)

Coordinates: 50°45′N 12°30′E / 50.75, 12.5

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[1] "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf.

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