Zwickau
town in Saxony, Germany
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Summary
Zwickau is a Greater district town[1]. Zwickau ranks in the top 5% of greater district town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,159 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Zwickau[3]
- Country: Germany[4]
- Head of government: Constance Arndt[5]
- Instance of: major regional center[6], urban municipality in Germany[7], district capital[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Dortmund[9], Jablonec nad Nisou[10], Zaanstad[11]
- Postal code: 08001[12]
- Commons category: Zwickau[13]
- Licence plate code: Z[14]
- Local dialing code: 0375[15]
- Archives at: Zwickau municipal archive[16]
- Coordinate location: 50.718888888889, 12.496111111111[17]
- Official website: https://www.zwickau.de/[18]
- IPA transcription: ˈt͡svɪkaʊ̯[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Zwickau[20]
- Commons gallery: Zwickau[21]
- Population: 89,801[22], 90,192[23], 89,540[24], 87,194[25], 86,592[26], 87,172[27], 87,593[28], 122,500[29], 136,000[30], 80,358[31], 50,391[32], 68,502[33], 44,198[34], 35,005[35]
- Described by source: Topographia Superioris Saxoniae[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], New International Encyclopedia[39], Meyer’s Universum, Dreizehnter Band[40], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[42]
- Capital of: Q15621863[43], Zwickau[44], Kreis Zwickau-Land[45], Kreishauptmannschaft Zwickau[46]
- Official name: Zwickau[47]
- Category for people born here: Q9228225[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Zwickau[49]
- Native label: Zwickau[50]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Zwickau[51]
- Short name: Zwi[52]
- Owner of: Stadion Zwickau[53]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Zwickau include Zwickau Model[54], a pilot experiment[55].
Why It Matters
Zwickau has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Zwickau is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Zwickau include Zwickau Model[54], a pilot experiment[55].