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  Zwickau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zwickau is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde, 130 km (82 miles) southwest of Dresden, south of Leipzig and south west of Chemnitz.
Zwickau is bounded by Mülsen, Reinsdorf, Wilkau-Haßlau, Hirschfeld (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kirchberg), Lichtentanne, Werdau, Neukirchen, Crimmitschau and Dennheritz (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Crimmitschau) along with the districts of Chemnitzer Land with the city of Glauchau.
From 1949-1990 Zwickau belonged to East Germany and was a center for the mining of coal.
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 AllRefer.com - Zwickau, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Zwickau was chartered in the early 13th cent., and it was a free imperial city from 1290 to 1323, when it passed to the margraves of Meissen.
The city was (1520–23) the center of the Anabaptist movement of Thomas MUnzer.
Robert Schumann was born (1810) in Zwickau, and the city has a Schumann museum.
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 Zwickauer Land - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zwickauer Land is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of Saxony, Germany.
The district-free city of Zwickau is located in the center of the district and nearly completely surrounded by it.
The chief administrators in Zwickau, Chemnitz, Wolkenstein, Plauen and in the territory of the sovereign of Schönburg belonged to the district direction Zwickau.
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 ZWICKAU - LoveToKnow Article on ZWICKAU
The mainstay of the industrial prosperity of the town is the adjacent coalfield, which in 1908 employed 13,000 hands, and yields -z\ million tons of coal annually.
The name is fancifully derived from the Latin cygnea, from a tradition that placed a " swan lake " here which had the property of renewing the youth of those who bathed in it.
The Anabaptist movement of 1525 began at Zwickau under the inspiration of the " Zwickau prophets." Robert Schumann (1810-1856), the musical composer, was born here in a house which still stands in the market-place.
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 WHZ Fachbereich Sprachen: Zwickau Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Zwickau is the fourth biggest city of Saxony.
Zwickau has got a long history that was determined by silver and coal mining and that is clearly reflected by the architecture especially in the center of the city.
* Zwickau is the "Florence" of the West Erz Mountains.
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 t_Stadt Zwickau Kontak/Impressum
Trademarks, whether registered or not, of the municipality of Zwickau or of third parties may not be used in advertising materials or other publications intended for the dissemination of information unless prior written authorisation has been obtained.
The city of Zwickau seeks to ensure that all the information and data contained on its web site is accurate and current by updating it on a daily basis.
However, the city of Zwickau doesn’t assume any liability or make a warranty for any typing errors or for the accuracy and up-to-dateness of the information provided.
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 German Scientology News in Zwickau, Germany
The smart real estate tycoon, the godfather of Zwickau, as he is often called, lives in the city as he did before, is employed there, maintains old business contacts, pulls the strings in the background and continues to set the tone in his noble service villa on Kolping Street.
Fliegerbauer reacted unexpectedly ironically and put in an application for the position himself: he stated "nobody in Zwickau is better informed on the Scientology theme than I." This was the "the height of impudence", said Seidel, who, as CDU intern, is regarded as a political challenger to the chief mayor.
The "godfather" of Zwickau, as he has been called by a leading German magazine, was leaving nothing of the disassembly of his defiant self-identity to chance in making the scene media effective.
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 e_Stadt Zwickau Tourismus
Situated on the river Mulde, this city is internationally known as the birthplace of the composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and the artist of the Brücke movement Max Pechstein (1881-1955).
Zwickau is particularly committed to the legacy of its great sons.
This is truly a reference for the Stadthalle of Zwickau: After all, last year’s recording of the world tour in the United States was the music show which achieved the highest ratings.
www.zwickau.de /sprachen/english/e_tourismus/e_index.htm   (879 words)

  
 Zwickau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In the old town of Zwickau buildings of the time before the industrialisation can still be found, for example the old gable roofed concert hall “Gewandhaus” and the townhall which was built in the 16
After World War II Zwickau was first annected by the Americans but later traded in by the Russians and thus belonged to the Russian Sector eventually turning in what became communist East Germany (the GDR).
The most famous son of Zwickau is the great composer Robert Schumann.
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 DRF-Luftrettungszentrum (LRZ) Zwickau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The air rescue center in Zwickau was established in July 1990.
The air rescue center is located on the outskirts of Zwickau, on the premises of the Heinrich Braun city hospital.
All secondary missions in the district of Sachsen are coordinated by the dispatching center in Dresden.
www.drf.de /Englisch/Zwickau.htm   (463 words)

  
 German Scientology News in Zwickau, Germany
Without interfering with the interests of state security, the office is supposed to serve to be able to answer inquiries from citizens who are uncertain as to whether their residence is secure, for example, or would like to be able to get business operating information about companies with whom they deal.
The members of the Zwickau theater orchestra are even willing to do without a portion of their fee so that the office can be financed.
Zwickau is regarded as a stronghold of the sect, which is under surveillance by Constitutional Security.
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 Frank Engel - Germany: Zwickau(Sachs)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Zwickau became it's railway connection very early and developed to one of the most important hubs in the Saxonian railway network.
So the large depot of Zwickau was the home for many freight engines, whose last representatives were the DRG-class 50 in original version.
Because of the last locomotives in original version and the very delightful landscape Zwickau was one of the last top-addresses for photographers, first of all the main line Schwarzenberg - Aue - Zwickau.
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 German Unemployment Worst in Former East Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The town of Zwickau has a church dating back to the1200s, a shopping mall that has been here for five years, and a tradition of building cars that goes back to 1904.
Zwickau is an example of this trend because it is home to the factory that once made the most famous industrial product in East German history - the Trabant automobile.
Zwickau residents show off their engineering skills, adaptability -- and sense of humor.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Martin Luther
The advent of the three Zwickau prophets (27 Dec.) with their communistic ideas, direct personal communication with God, extreme subjectivism in Bible interpretation, all of which impressed Melancthon forcibly, only added fuel to the already fiercely burning flame.
They came to consult Luther, and with good reason, for "it was he who taught the universal priesthood of all Christians, which authorized every man to preach; it was he who announced the full liberty of all the sacraments, especially baptism, and accordingly they were justified in rejecting infant baptism".
Nor was he summoned by the elector, "although the elector had misgivings about his return, and inferentially did not consider it necessary, so far as the matter of bringing the reformatory zeal of the Wittenbergers into the bounds of moderation was concerned; he did not forbid Luther to return, but expressly permitted it" (Thudichum, op.
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 Zwickau --  Encyclopædia Britannica
city, Saxony Land (state), Germany, on the Zwickauer Mulde River, at the entrance to the western Erzebirge (Ore Mountains), south of Leipzig.
An industrial community since the 18th century with factories for cloth and knitted goods and spinning and weaving mills, it became a centre of the working-class movement in the 19th century.
The deposits near Zwickau have large reserves of lignite, or brown...
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 Search Results for "Zwickau"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
On Luther's recommendation he became pastor of Zwickau (1520) but was soon ousted.
By the time he was made pastor of Allstedt...
Besides large painted and sculptured altarpieces at Zwickau and Schwabach, executed in his shop, Wolgemut produced hundreds of designs...
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 e_Stadt Zwickau Wirtschaft
The economic region of Chemnitz - Zwickau is among the most important growth regions of Saxony and the new German states.
The European Business and Innovation Centre Zwickau GmbH is committed to supporting the establishment of new enterprises and small companies that regard innovation and technological progress as an essential part of their business.
The city of Zwickau has been integrated into a joint initiative named Regional Marketing West Saxony under the lead management of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Zwickau Regional Chamber.
www.zwickau.de /sprachen/english/e_wirtschaft/e_index.htm   (224 words)

  
 Zwickau on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The city was (1520-23) the center of the Anabaptist movement of Thomas Münzer.
Christian Fischer Getty Images 07-31-2005 ZWICKAU, GERMANY - JULY 31: Nicky Hayden of USthe Sachsenring on July 31, 2005 near Zwickau, Germany.
Photograph dated 19 October 2002 showing the German folk group "Alpenrebellen" (Rebels of the Alps) rehearsing for a TV broadcast in Zwickau.
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The Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau as intellectual, scientific and cultural centre of the region has locations in Reichenbach, Schneeberg and Markneukirchen.
The experienced teaching staff as well as the extensive technical facilities guarantee a modern university training with a special Saxon flavour, which means practice-orientated teaching through involvement of research, development and transfer of technologies count among the fundamental principles of the education.
In Zwickau, significant location of the car industry, courses of study centring on the car dominate the programme.
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Zwickau travel brochures are available from the travel office, with information such as Zwickau maps, Zwickau tourist information, Zwickau travel agents, Zwickau tourist guides and bus, ferry and transport timetables.
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 HOLIDAY INN ZWICKAU HOTELS | ZWICKAU | Official Hotel Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The Holiday Inn at the heart of the historic city centre of Zwickau is the perfect place to start discovering Zwickau and its surroundings.
Zwickau, fourth-largest city in the Free State of Saxony has gained international recognition as the birth place of composer Robert Schumann.
The house he was born in is also in close vicinity to the hotel.
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 Zwickau*
n 1925, Maurice Abravanel moved to Zwickau as choral director.
Zwickau a little town in Saxony was the birthplace of the composer
aurice Abravanel was consigned in Zwickau 'that horrible place' for two years.
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 Zwickau hotels, special offers and discounted hotels in Zwickau
We have hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation in Zwickau and other cities in Germany, Hotels near to Sachsen Airport, Bus and Rail terminals and hotels near to the attractions and the Center of Zwickau.
The Hotel is situated in the northern part of Zwickau, in Pölbitz, and is fast and easily accessible via the B93B175.
We are also close to the VW plant and there is a very good public transport system into the town centre.
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 Achat Hotel Zwickau - a SNR Hotel in Zwickau
Achat Hotel Zwickau does not only provide an ideal setting for meetings and conventions in their well equipped conference rooms but also 208 modern, luxurious rooms all with private facilities and many amenities.
From the A4 motorway exit Zwickau Meerane, take the B93 towards Zwickau, after the place name sign of Zwickau turn right at the first crossing into Pölbitzer Str towards Crimmitschau, at the next crossing turn right into Leipziger Str, you will see the hotel after approx 30m.
From the A72 motorway exit Zwickau Ost towards Zwickau, after the place name sign of Zwickau follow the sign towards VW/A4 until you reach the B93, at the last crossing of Zwickau turn left into Pölbitzer Str towards Crimmitschau.
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 Zwickau articles on Encyclopedia.com
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Zwickau was chartered in the early 13th cent., and
During his studies at Leipzig (1518) Münzer fell under the influence of Martin Luther.
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