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Zwickau
federal stateSaxony
Residents
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Zwickau

Zwickau, Birthplace of the composer Robert Schumann and the automobile brand Audi, is located in the west of the country Saxony. Located on the Zwickauer Mulde, the 288 m above sea level. NN located city counted to the Erzgebirge basin.

background

Zwickau is of Sorbian origin and soon flourished as it was on the trade route leading from Saxony to Bohemia led. Already around 1030 it appears as a city, originally belonged to the Osterland, then to the Pleißengau and was subordinate to a Vogt because it belonged directly to the empire. Margrave Heinrich the Illustrious of Meissen the city initially received as a pledge for the dowry when his son Albrecht was betrothed to Margarete, Emperor Frederick II's daughter. Nevertheless, Zwickau kept its own administration. In 1311 and 1323 the pledge ownership was confirmed to the Margraves of Meißen, but was converted into a fief by Charles IV. In 1403 the whole city was destroyed by flames. Rebuilt, it developed to ever greater bloom, especially after the 1470 discovery of the Schneeberger Silver mines. The Reformation was introduced as early as 1521, and from here the Anabaptist sect started. The city suffered deep wounds from the Thirty Years and Seven Years' War, from which it only recovered in the 19th century. During this time, coal mining was also established (until 1977) and the automotive industry after 1900. The name "Audi" goes back to the Latin imperative of "Horch", the surname of the founder of this company. After the Second World War, the Trabant was produced in Zwickau, and after the fall of the Wall, a VW branch was established. The population has decreased from over 120,000 in 1989 to 93,750 (as of 2010).

getting there

Distances
Prague165 km
Dresden114 km
Leipzig85 km
Jena84 km
Gera43 km
Chemnitz42 km

By plane

The closest airport is the Leipzig Halle AirportWebsite of this institutionLeipzig Halle Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaLeipzig Halle Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryLeipzig Halle Airport (Q668382) in the Wikidata database(IATA: LEJ)which can be reached directly with the S5X. The international Prague airportWebsite of this institutionPrague Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaPrague Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsPrague Airport (Q99172) in the Wikidata database(IATA: PRG) is not that far either.

By train

The 1 Central StationHauptbahnhof (Q49439132) in the Wikidata database is wedge-shaped and is located about two kilometers west of the old town.

Zwickau can only be reached by regional trains. There are free express connections to Dresden as court every hour. To Leipzig and Halle has had an hourly S-Bahn connection through the Leipzig City Tunnel since December 2013, so that you can reach the city center, the main train station and the airport without having to change trains.

Further direct connections consist of Klingenthal and Adorf and Czech Republic (Cheb, Sokolov and Carlsbad). It should be noted that Carlsbad is approached via two different routes: Once through the Vogtland above Auerbach and Klingenthal. Border crossing station is Kraslice. The second connection goes through the Ore Mountains above Aue and Johanngeorgenstadt. Border crossing station is Potucky. Both connections are about the same time, the travel time is around 2.5 hours.

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  • The EgroNet ticket. EgroNet ticket in the Wikipedia encyclopediaEgroNet ticket (Q1299092) in the Wikidata database.the Euregio Egrensis applies in the counties Greiz and Saale-Orla in Thuringia, in court, Kulmbach, Bayreuth, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Pastures, Tirschenreuth and Wunsiedel in Upper Franconia, in Saxony in the Vogtland, Zwickau and the Western Ore Mountains and in Czech Republic in the region Karlovy Vary. The day pass for the second class costs 24 € (200 Kč in the Czech Republic) (plus 2 € in Germany if you buy at the counter) for the first person. For the 2nd to 5th person the additional charge is 8 € (100 Kč). You can make any number of trips with the participating transport companies on the day of validity until 3:00 a.m. the following day. In addition, you are allowed to take 3 children between 6 and 14 years and any number under 6 years with you. One bike per person is also free of charge. The surnames and first names of all travelers must be entered in block letters on the ticket, identification must be carried.last change: Jan. 2021

By bus

Various long-distance bus lines go to Zwickau once or twice a day. Connections exist to Berlin, mostly via Chemnitz, Dresden (FlixbusMeinfernbus, Postbus, Vogtlandfernbus), to the Baltic Sea resorts (regional transport Erzgebirge; only seasonal) and to Munich via Regensburg or Munich (Flixbus, Meinfernbus).

There are two breakpoints. The one stop is 2 Long-distance bus stop at Stadthalle. Another long-distance bus stop is on the forecourt of the main train station.

In the street

By car, Zwickau is primarily via the federal motorways A4 and A72 reachable.

The following federal highways also run through the city:

By bicycle

The Bayreuth-Chemnitz cycle path leads through the city.

By boat

The Zwickauer Mulde is not navigable.

mobility

Map of Zwickau
Zwickau tram map

The municipal transport company Zwickau operates 13 bus, two night bus and four tram lines:

  • Tram line 3: Eckersbach – Neumarkt (Leipziger Straße) –Hauptmarkt – Stadthalle – Neuplanitz
  • Tram line 4: Pölbitz – Neumarkt (Bosestraße) –Georgenplatz – Marienthal / Paulusstraße – Städtisches Klinikum
  • Tram line 5: Central station - central stop - Georgenplatz - Marienthal / Paulusstraße - municipal clinic (only Mon-Fri)
  • Tram line 7: Central station - central stop - Georgenplatz - Neumarkt (Bosestraße) - Pölbitz (only Mon-Fri)
  • Bus route 10: Wilkau-Haßlau-Planitz, Markt-Hauptbahnhof-Neumarkt-Weißenborn, Waldpark / Niederhohndorf
  • Bus route 13: (Central Station /) Neumarkt – Stadthalle – Wilkau-Haßlau
  • Bus route 18: Neumarkt – Königswalde – Hartmannsdorf
  • Bus route 20: Planitz, Markt – Hüttelsgrün / Rottmannsdorf
  • Bus route 21: Neumarkt – Brand – Steinpleis, Mühlensteig
  • Bus route 22: Neumarkt – Weißenborn, settlement – ​​Niederhohndorf
  • Bus route 23: (Central station /) Neumarkt – Stadthalle – Oberhohndorf
  • Bus route 24: Auerbach – Neumarkt – Pöhlau
  • Bus route 27: Planitz, Markt – Neuplanitz – Paulusstraße – Städtisches Klinikum – Brand
  • Bus route 28: Dresdner Strasse / Kaufmarkt – Eckersbach, Wende – Weißenborn, Waldpark
  • Bus route 29: Neumarkt – Zentralhaltestelle– (Hauptbahnhof–) Lichtentanne – Stenn
  • Night bus line A.: Neumarkt – Marienthal – Neuplanitz – Oberplanitz – Cainsdorf – Wilkau-Haßlau – Schedewitz – city center – Neumarkt
  • Night bus line B.: Neumarkt – Trillerberg – Eckersbach – Pölbitz – Weißenborn – Neumarkt
  • Night bus line C.: Hauptmarkt> Neumarkt> Weißenborn (call taxi)

A route network plan and a route overview with timetables are available on the website of Municipal transport company Zwickau GmbH.

Zwickau is part of the network area of VMS. Association tickets with the corresponding tariff zone are valid on all means of transport. The Saxony (Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) ticket is also valid on all VMS means of transport.

Tourist Attractions

Churches

The beautiful one, built in the late Gothic style since 1451 and renovated in 1839-42 1 St. Mary's CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCathedral of St. Mary in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSt. Mary's Cathedral (Q1636460) in the Wikidata database with an 87 m high tower, has several old grave monuments and excellent old German paintings (by Wolgemut and Lukas Cranach the Younger) as well as a remarkable winged altar, allegedly carved in wood by Adam Krafft, and an artistic wood carving (the Holy Sepulcher) from 1507.

The 2 KatharinenkircheKatharinenkirche in the encyclopedia WikipediaKatharinenkirche in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsKatharinenkirche (Q29439102) in the Wikidata database (at which Thomas Münzer was a preacher from 1520 to 1522), also built in the Gothic style, has a winged altar by Cranach.

Castles, chateaux and palaces

The Zwickauer 3 Osterstein CastleOsterstein Castle in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSchloss Osterstein in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOsterstein Castle (Q875260) in the Wikidata database, built between 1587 and 1590, was the city palace. It then served as a prison until 1962. Most recently, the castle was in a deplorable condition. By 2009 it was renovated and converted into a nursing home. A castle tavern invites you to visit. Every year there is a Christmas market in the castle courtyard.

Schloss Planitz is a castle in the Zwickau district of Planitz, whose origins go back to the 12th century. After the renovation and restoration in 1991–1993, the Clara-Wieck-Gymnasium, an educational institution with a musical focus, moved into the building of the Planitz Castle.

Buildings

The 4 town hall am Hauptmarkt originally dates from 1403 and was redesigned in 1679 and 1862 (in neo-Gothic style). The council and reception hall has been preserved from the second renovation.

This is also located on the main market (house number 5) Robert Schumann House. It was declared a memorial in 1956 (100th anniversary of the composer's death).

Museums

  • 5  August Horch Museum - Automobile Museum, Audistraße 7. Tel.: 49 (0)375 271738-0, Fax: 49 (0)375 271738-11, Email: . August-Horch-Museum - Automobile Museum in the Wikipedia encyclopediaAugust-Horch-Museum - Automobile Museum in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAugust-Horch-Museum - Automobile Museum (Q760640) in the Wikidata database.August Horch is the founder of August Horch & Cie Motorwagenwerke Zwickau and, after leaving the company, the founder of Automobilwerke GmbH Zwickau (Audi). Audi is the translation of the imperative “horch” into Latin. In 1932 Horch, Audi, DKW and Wanderer merged to form Auto Union AG. After the Second World War, luxury cars were no longer produced, but rather the "racing cardboard" Trabant, or also affectionately known as the "Trabi" with the 26 hp stinking 2-stroke engine and the cotton-reinforced phenoplastic body.Open: Tue-Sun 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed Mon, every 1st Thursday of the month 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Price: Admission: adults € 5, reduced € 3.50.
  • 6  Robert Schumann House, Hauptmarkt 5. Tel.: 49 (0)375 215269, Fax: 49 (0)375 281101, Email: . Robert Schumann House in the encyclopedia WikipediaRobert-Schumann-Haus in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRobert-Schumann-Haus (Q2156263) in the Wikidata database.Open: Tue-Fri 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sat-Sun 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mon closed.Price: Admission: adults € 4, reduced € 2, family ticket € 9.
  • City history museum in the priestly houses

Streets and squares

Parks

The Schwanenteich is located near the city center, with a surrounding park and the Zwickau open-air theater.

activities

  • On occasional driving days there are trips with the historic tram.

shop

Zwickau is known as a shopping city. In the city center, especially on Innere Plauenschen Straße, there are many nice shops that invite you to stroll. The "Zwickau Arcaden" shopping center, which opened in 2000, also offers a selection of over 65 shops. Outside the center there are large specialist retail centers in the districts of Pölbitz (Franz-Mehring-Straße / Schubertstraße) and Schedewitz (Glück-Auf-Center).

  • 1  Zwickau Arcaden, Inner Plauensche Str. 14, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 271360. Open: Mon - Sat 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • 2  Zwickau shopping center, Schubertstrasse 5, 08058 Zwickau.

kitchen

The Zwickau Bürgersteak is a saddle of pork steak filled with ham, pickles, onions and mustard that is fried in an egg shell.

Cheap

  • 2  China Thai, Innere Schneeberger Str.23a, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 2705592. Take away restaurant.Open: Mon - Fri 10:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Sat 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Sun closed.
  • 3  Thai orchid, Peter-Breuer-Strasse 32, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 2304681. Thai restaurant.Open: Mon - Sat 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., closed on Sun.
  • 4  Gran Gelato, Peter-Breuer-Strasse 37, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 3033860. Ice cream parlor.Open: Mon - Sat 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sun 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

medium

  • 5  Schnitzel paradise, Johannisstrasse 16, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 2720760. Open: Wed Thu 12 noon - 10 p.m., Fri - Sun 11 a.m. - 10 p.m., Mon Tue closed.
  • 6  Paula Zwickau, Hauptmarkt 24/25, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 4600770, Email: . Bavarian restaurant.Open: Sun, Tue - Thu 11.30 a.m. - 10 p.m., Fri Sat 11.30 a.m. - 11 p.m., Mondays are closed.
  • 7  Athos restaurant, Münzstrasse 3, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 2000112, Email: . Greek restaurant, all dishes also to take away.Open: Sun - Thu 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - 11 p.m., Fri Sa 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - 0.30 a.m.
  • 8  Sirtaki, Innere Schneeberger Str. 20, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 2309729. Greek restaurant.Open: Tue - Sat 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - midnight, Sun 11.30 a.m. - 6.00 p.m., closed on Mondays.
  • 9  Matryoshka, Peter-Breuer-Strasse 15, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 21437642. Russian restaurant.Open: Mon - Sat 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m., Sun 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Upscale

  • 11  Non Solo Pizza E Vino, Alter Steinweg 2-4, 08056 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 27056699, Email: . Open: Mon is closed, Tue 5.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m., Wed - Fri 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m., Sat 5.30 p.m. - 11.00 p.m., Sun 11.30 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.
  • 12  Espitas, Outer Dresdner Str.25A, 08066 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 4356298, Email: . Mexican restaurant and bar.Open: Mon - Fri 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m., Sat Sun 11:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

nightlife

  • 3  Baron Shisha Bar, Klosterstrasse 1, 08056 Zwickau. Cocktail bar.

accommodation

Cheap

medium

  • 5  Hotel Restaurant Park Eckersbach, Trillerplatz 1, 08066 Zwickau. Tel.: 49 (0)375 475572, 49 (0)375 475632, Fax: 49 (0)375 475801, Email: . Open: the associated restaurant: Mon - Fri 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Sat 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Sun public holidays 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., closed every last weekend of the month.Price: single room from 55 €, double room from 70 € (plus 10 € for breakfast buffet).

Upscale

Learn

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health

Hospitals

Pharmacies

Practical advice

In the main street 6 is the 7 Tourist information in the town hall, Hauptmarkt 1, is the 8 Citizen Service Available Monday to Saturday. All municipal authority matters can be processed here and information can be obtained.

The prefix for Zwickau is 0375. From abroad, dial 0049375 as the area code.

The Postcodes are 08001 to 08066.

trips

  • Reichenbach in the Vogtland (20 km southwest) - birthplace of the actress Friederike Caroline Neuber, baroque church St. Petri and Pauli with a Silbermann organ, nearby the Göltzschtalbrücke.
  • Altenburg (30 km north, B 93) Skat town with castle, large historic old town, art museum and sports car manufacture.

literature

  • Erich Keyser (Ed.): German city book. Urban History Handbook. Volume II Central Germany - On behalf of the Conference of the Regional History Commissions of Germany with the support of the German Municipal Association, Stuttgart 1941
  • Günter Meier: History of the city of Zwickau. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2002, ISBN 3-8313-1238-9
  • Jürgen Härdler, Wolfgang Göhler, Winni Kettner: Personalities & treasures of the city of Zwickau. Zschiesche, Wilkau-Haßlau 2002, ISBN 3-9808512-0-6
  • Günter Meier: Tour through old Zwickau. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2001, ISBN 3-86134-573-0
  • Jürgen Härdler, Rainer Hertting-Thomasius: Buildings in Zwickau: an architectural style primer with an introduction to the history of town planning. Förster and Borries, Zwickau 2000, ISBN 3-00-006206-8
  • Norbert Peschke: Zwickau: tell old pictures. Sutton, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-89702-012-2
  • Michael Löffler, Norbert Peschke: Chronicle of the city of Zwickau. Förster and Borries. Zwickau 1993, ISBN 3-929354-07-1

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