| Chemnitzer Land | |
 Map of Saxony highlighting the district of Chemnitzer Land |
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| State | Saxony |
| Adm. region | Chemnitz |
| District seat | Glauchau |
| Area | 336 km² |
| Population | 139,800 (2001) |
| Pop. density | 417 /km² |
| Licence plate code | GC |
| Web page | landkreis-chemnitzer-land.de |
Chemnitzer Land is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Chemnitz is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the south-west of the state Glauchau is a town in Germany, in Saxony, on the right bank of the Mulde, 7 miles north of Zwickau and 17 miles west of Chemnitz Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district of Mittweida, the city of Chemnitz, the districts of Stollberg and Zwickauer Land and the state of Thuringia (district Altenburger Land). Mittweida (mɪtˈvaɪda is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz (1953–1990 Karl-Marx-Stadt ( Sorbian:Kamjenica is a City in Eastern Germany. Stollberg is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Zwickauer Land is a former Kreis ( District) in the south-west of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen is located in central Germany. Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis
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History
The history of the region is largely influenced by the neighbouring cities of Chemnitz and Zwickau. Zwickau (ˈtsvɪkaʊ̯ Cvikov is a city in Germany, in the Bundesland Sachsen (Saxony situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge In medieval times the town of Glauchau, today the capital of the district, was the centre of the county of Schönburg-Glauchau. The East German government attempted to turn the region in a huge industrial complex, which is the reason for the dense population. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state
The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Glauchau and Hohenstein-Ernstthal.
Geography
Once a densely forested region, Chemnitzer Land now is a highly urbanised region with few green areas left. The Zwickauer Mulde river runs through the northernmost part of the district. The Mulde (ˈmʊldə is a River in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Coat of arms
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The lion is the heraldic lion of Saxony. The red and white pattern is taken from the arms of the counts of Schönburg-Glauchau. |
Towns and municipalities
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External links
- Official website (German)
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