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Chemnitz From top : View over Chemnitz, Red tower, Old Town Hall, Modern city centre of Chemnitz Flag Coat of arms Chemnitz Coordinates : 50 ° 50 ′ N 12 ° 55 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.833 ° N 12.917 ° E ﻿ / 50.833 ; 12.917 Coordinates : 50 ° 50 ′ N 12 ° 55 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.833 ° N 12.917 ° E ﻿ / 50.833 ; 12.917 Country Germany State Saxony District Urban districts of Germany Government Mayor Barbara Ludwig ( SPD ) Area Total 220.85 km ( 85.27 sq mi ) Elevation 296 m ( 971 ft ) Population ( 2015 - 12 - 31 ) Total 248,645 Density 1,100 / km ( 2,900 / sq mi ) Time zone CET / CEST ( UTC + 1 / + 2 ) Postal codes 09001 -- 09247 Dialling codes 0371 037200 ( Wittgensdorf ) 037209 ( Einsiedel ) 03722 ( Röhrsdorf ) 03726 ( Euba ) Vehicle registration Website chemnitz.de Chemnitz ( German pronunciation : ( ˈkɛmnɪt͡s ) ( listen ) ), known from 1953 to 1990 as Karl - Marx - Stadt, is the third - largest city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the Landesdirektion Sachsen. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The city 's economy is based on the service sector and manufacturing industry. Chemnitz University of Technology has around 10,000 students. Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 2.1 East Germany 2.2 After reunification 3 Culture and sights 4 Urban renewal 5 Economy 6 Demography 6.1 Languages 7 Transport 7.1 Roads 7.2 Public transport 7.3 Airports 8 Sports 9 Famous residents 10 Honorary citizens 11 International relations 11.1 Twin towns -- sister cities 12 References 13 Bibliography 14 External links Etymology Chemnitz is named after the river Chemnitz, a small tributary of the Zwickau Mulde. The word `` Chemnitz '' is from the Sorbian language ( Upper Sorbian : Kamjenica ), and means `` stony ( brook ) ''. The word is composed of the Slavic word kamen meaning `` stone '' and the feminine suffix - ica. It is known in Czech as Saská Kamenice and in Polish as Kamienica Saska. There are many other towns named Kamenica or Kamenice in areas with past or present Slavic settlement. History See also : Timeline of Chemnitz Chemnitz in 1850 An early Slavic tribe 's settlement was located at Kamienica, and the first documented use of the name Chemnitz was the 1143 site of a Benedictine monastery around which a settlement grew. Circa 1170 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor granted it the rights of an imperial city. In 1307, the town became subordinate to the Margraviate of Meissen ( the predecessor of the Saxon state ). In medieval times, Chemnitz became a centre of textile production and trade. More than one third of the population worked in textile production. By the early 19th century, Chemnitz had become an industrial centre ( sometimes called `` the Saxon Manchester '' ). In 1913, Chemnitz had a population of 320,000 and, like Leipzig and Dresden, was larger at that time than today. After losing inhabitants due to the first World War Chemnitz grew rapidly again and reached its all - time peak of 360,250 inhabitants in 1930. Before the world economic crises, it was supposed that the city would keep on growing and would become a `` Millionenstadt '' ( engl. Megacity, literally : city with at least one million inhabitants ) by incorporating also fast growing smaller towns and municipalities around it. Allied bombing destroyed 41 % of the built up area of Chemnitz during World War II. Chemnitz contained factories that produced military hardware and a Flossenbürg forced labor subcamp ( 500 female inmates ) for Astra - Werke AG. The oil refinery was a target for bombers during the Oil Campaign of World War II, and Operation Thunderclap attacks included the following raids : 14 / 15 February 1945 : The first major raid on Chemnitz used 717 RAF bombers, but due to cloud cover most bombs fell over open countryside. 2 / 3 -- 5 March : USAAF bombers attacked the marshalling yards. 5 March : 760 RAF bombers attacked. The headquarters of the auto manufacturer Auto Union were also based in Chemnitz since 1932 and its buildings were also badly damaged. At the end of the war, the company 's executives fled and relocated the company in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, where it evolved into Audi, now a brand within the Volkswagen group. The World War II bombings left most of the city in ruins, and post-war, the East German reconstruction included large low rise ( and later high - rise plattenbau ) housing. Some tourist sites were reconstructed during the East German era and after German reunification. It was occupied by Soviet troops on 8 May 1945. East Germany After dissolution of the states in the GDR in 1952, Chemnitz became seat of a district ( bezirk ). On 10 May 1953, the city was renamed by decision of the East German government to Karl - Marx - Stadt after Karl Marx. GDR Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl said : `` The people who live here do not look back, but look forward to a new and better future. They look at socialism. They look with love and devotion to the founder of the socialist doctrine, the greatest son of the German people, to Karl Marx. I hereby fulfill the government 's decision. I carry out the solemn act of renaming the city and declare : From now on, this city bears the proud and mandatory name Karl - Marx - Stadt ''. After the city center was destroyed in World War II, the East German authorities strove to rebuild it to symbolize the conceptions of urban development of a socialist city. The then layout of the city center was rejected in favor of a new road network. However, the original plans were not completed. In addition, the rapid development of housing took priority over preservation of old buildings. So in the 1960s and 1970s, both in the center as well as in peripheral areas, large areas were built in Plattenbau apartment - block style, for example Yorckstraße. The old buildings of the period, which still existed in Kassberg, Chemnitz - Sonnenberg ( de ) and Chemnitz - Schloßchemnitz ( de ) especially, were neglected and fell increasingly derelict. After reunification Chemnitz at night, 2015 The restored market of Chemnitz. On April 23, 1990, a referendum on the future name of the city was held : 76 % of the voters voted for the old name `` Chemnitz ''. On 1 June 1990, the city was officially renamed. After the reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990, the city of Chemnitz faced several difficult tasks. Many inhabitants migrated to the former West Germany and unemployment in the region increased sharply ; in addition Chemnitz did not have adequate shopping facilities, but this was increasingly demanded,. Large shopping centers were constructed on the city periphery to the early 1990s. Chemnitz is the only major German city whose center was re-planned after 1990, similar to the reconstruction of several other German cities in the immediate post-war years. Plans for the recovery of a compressed city center around the historic town hall in 1991 led to an urban design competition. This was announced internationally by the city and carried out with the help of the partner city of Düsseldorf. The mooted project on an essentially unused area of the former city would be comparable in circumference with the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Numerous internationally renowned architects such as Hans Kollhoff, Helmut Jahn and Christoph Ingenhoven provided designs for a new city center. The mid-1990s began the development of the inner city brownfields around the town hall to a new town. In Chemnitz city more than 66,000 square meters of retail space have emerged. With the construction of office and commercial building on the construction site `` B3 '' at the Düsseldorf court, the last gap in 2010 was closed in city center image. The intensive development included demolition of partially historically valuable monuments from the period and was controversial. Between 1990 and 2007 more than 250 monuments were leveled. Culture and sights This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2008 ) Theater Chemnitz offers a variety of theatre : opera, plays, ballet and Figuren ( puppets ), and runs concerts by the orchestra Robert - Schumann - Philharmonie. Tourist sights include the Kassberg neighborhood with 18th and 19th century buildings and the Karl Marx Monument by Lev Kerbel, nicknamed `` Nischel '' ( a Saxon dialect word for head ) by the locals. Landmarks include the Old Town Hall with its Renaissance portal ( 15th century ), the castle on the site of the former monastery, and the area around the opera house and the old university. The most conspicuous landmark is the red tower built in the late 12th or early 13th century as part of the city wall. The Chemnitz petrified forest is located in the courtyard of Kulturkaufhaus Tietz. It is one of the very few in existence, and dates back several million years. Also within the city limits, in the district of Rabenstein, is the smallest castle in Saxony, Rabenstein Castle. The city has changed considerably since German reunification. Most of its industry is now gone and the core of the city has been rebuilt with many shops as well as huge shopping centres. Many of these shops are international brands, including Zara, H & M, Esprit, Galeria Kaufhof, Leiser Shoes, and Peek & Cloppenburg. The large `` Galerie Roter Turm '' ( Red Tower ) shopping centre is very popular with young people. The Chemnitz Industrial Museum is an Anchor Point of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The Museum Gunzenhauser, formerly a bank, opened on 1 December 2007. Dr Alfred Gunzenhauser, who lived in Munich, had a collection of some 2,500 pieces of modern art, including many paintings and drawings by Otto Dix, Karl Schmidt - Rottluff and others. The Botanischer Garten Chemnitz is a municipal botanical garden, and the Arktisch - Alpiner Garten der Walter - Meusel - Stiftung is a non-profit garden specializing in arctic and alpine plants. Old and new city hall Chemnitz Opera at Opernplatz St. Petri church Luther church Castle church over the Castle Lake The Mercure Hotel, tallest building in Chemnitz The Transparent department store View over Falkeplatz during night time Burg Rabenstein Bust of Karl Marx, the city 's erstwhile namesake Chemnitz University of Technology View over the city halls and the inner city Chemnitz - Kulturhaus Watercastle Klaffenbach Chemnitz Stadtbad Guest houses at Castle park Chemnitz petrified forest inside the Kulturkaufhaus Tietz Gunzenhauser Museum Urban renewal Downtown Chemnitz in 2014 Heavy destruction in World War II as well as post-war demolition to erect a truly socialist city centre left the city with a vast open space around its town hall where once a vibrant city heart had been. Because of massive investment in out - of - town shopping right after reunification, it was not until 1999 that major building activity was started in the centre. Comparable to Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, a whole new quarter of the city was constructed in recent years. New buildings include the Kaufhof Department store by Helmut Jahn, Galerie Roter Turm with a façade by Hans Kollhoff and Peek & Cloppenburg clothing store by Ingenhofen and Partner. Economy Chemnitz is the largest city of the Chemnitz - Zwickau urban area and is one of the most important economic areas of Germany 's new federal states. Chemnitz had a GDP of about € 6.3 billion in 2004. Since about 2000, the city 's economy has recorded high annual GDP growth rates ; Chemnitz is among the top ten German cities in terms of growth rate. The local and regional economic structure is characterized by medium - sized companies, with the heavy industrial sectors of mechanical engineering, metal processing, and vehicle manufacturing as the most significant industries. About 100,000 people are employed, of whom about 46,000 commute from other municipalities. 16.3 % of employees in Chemnitz have a university or college degree, twice the average rate in Germany. Volkswagen is the largest employer in the Chemnitz - Zwickau Agglomeration Deutsche Bundesbank Chemnitz The Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH is the largest hospital in the former East German states and the second biggest employer in Chemnitz Chemnitz is the centerpiece of tourism in the Ore Mountains Demography Chemnitz 's population since 1790 After German reunification Saxony faced a significant population decrease. Since 1990 Chemnitz has lost more than 20 percent of its inhabitants. In 2006 the BBC reported the city of Chemnitz had the lowest birth rate in the world. Number of minorities in Chemnitz by nationality as of 2017 : Rank Nationality Population ( 2017 ) Syria 2,115 Ukraine 1,236 Russia 1,019 Hungary 820 5 Poland 731 6 Czech Republic 722 7 Turkey 504 8 Vietnam 493 9 India 423 10 Italy 414 11 Afghanistan 386 12 Iraq 372 13 Romania 313 14 Serbia 298 15 Bulgaria 250 16 China 249 17 Pakistan 238 Languages Standard German Chemnitz dialect, which is a variety of Upper Saxon German Transport Map of tram and Stadtbahn network Roads Chemnitz is crossed by the two motorways ( Autobahn ) A4 Erfurt -- Dresden and A72 Hof -- Leipzig. The motorway junction Kreuz Chemnitz is situated in the northwestern area of the city. The motorway A72 between Borna and Leipzig is still under construction. Within the administrative area of Chemnitz there are eight motorway exits ( Ausfahrt ). Public transport Public transport within Chemnitz is provided with tram and bus, as well as by the Stadtbahn. Nowadays, the city and its surroundings are served by one Stadtbahn line, five lines of the Chemnitz tramway network, 27 city bus lines, as well as several regional bus lines. At night, the city is served by two bus lines, two tram lines, and the Stadtbahn line. The length of the tram, Stadtbahn and bus networks is 28.73 km ( 17.85 mi ), 16.3 km ( 10.13 mi ) and 326.08 km ( 202.62 mi ) respectively. In August 2012, electro - diesel trams were ordered from Vossloh, to support an expansion of the light rail network to 226 km ( 140 mi ), with new routes serving Burgstädt, Mittweida and Hainichen. Airports Near Chemnitz there are three airports, including the two international airports of Saxony in Dresden and Leipzig. Both Leipzig / Halle Airport and Dresden Airport are situated about 70 km ( 43 mi ) from Chemnitz and offer numerous continental as well as intercontinental flights. Chemnitz also has a small commercial airport ( Verkehrslandeplatz Chemnitz Jahnsdorf ) about 13.5 km ( 8.4 mi ) south of the city. When its current upgrade is completed it will have an asphalt runway 1,400 m ( 4,600 ft ) long and 20 m ( 66 ft ) wide. Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof, the main train station of Chemnitz Tram station at Main Stadion at night A tram in Chemnitz The small commercial airport Flugplatz Chemnitz - Jahnsdorf Sports Stadion an der Gellertstraße Munich - Olympiapark Chemnitzer FC ( football ) BV Chemnitz 99 ( basketball, men ) Chemcats Chemnitz ( basketball, women ) VfB Fortuna Chemnitz ( football ) Post SV Chemnitz ( swimming ) Schwimmclub Chemnitz v. 1892 e.V. ( swimming ) TSV Einheit Süd Chemnitz ( swimming, gymnastics, volleyball, skittles ) ERC Chemnitz e.V. ( ice hockey, skater hockey ) CTC - Küchwald ( tennis ) Floor Fighters Chemnitz ( floorball ) ESV LOK Chemnitz ( luge ) Chemnitzer EC ( figure skating, ice dancing, curling ) Chemnitz Crusaders ( American football ) Tower Rugby Chemnitz ( Rugby ) SV Eiche Reichenbrand ( football ) USG Chemnitz e.V. abt Cricket Club ( Cricket ) Famous residents Paul Oswald Ahnert ( 1897 -- 1989 ), astronomer Brigitte Ahrens ( born 1945 ), pop singer Mark Arndt ( born 1941 ), Russian Orthodox Archbishop Michael Ballack ( born 1976 ), German footballer, former captain of Bayern Munich and Germany Veronika Bellmann ( born 1960 ), politician Fritz Bennewitz ( 1926 -- 1995 ), theater director Gerd Böckmann ( 1944 ), television actor and director Werner Bräunig ( 1934 -- 1976 ), writer Peter - Klaus Budig ( de ) ( 1928 -- 2012 ), former minister in government of East Germany Carlfriedrich Claus ( 1930 - 1998 ), artist Hans Carl von Carlowitz ( 1645 -- 1714 ), forest scientist Max Eckert - Greifendorff ( 1868 -- 1938 ), cartographer and professor Gerson Goldhaber ( 1924 -- 2010 ), American nuclear and astrophysicist Friedrich Goldmann ( 1941 -- 2009 ), composer and conductor Johannes Hähle ( 1906 -- 1944 ), military photographer Peter Härtling ( born 1933 ), writer Stephan Hermlin ( 1915 -- 1997 ), writer Stefan Heym ( 1913 -- 2001 ), writer and member of the Bundestag of the PDS John Kluge ( 1921 -- 2010 ), German - American billionaire and media mogul Helga Lindner ( born 1951 ), swimmer ; Olympic silver medalist Max Littmann ( 1862 -- 1931 ), architect Frank Maibier ( born 1959 ), artist and performer Anja Mittag ( born 1985 ), footballer, World Champion 2007 Frederick and William Nevoigt, founders of the Diamant bicycle brand Carsten Nicolai ( born 1965 ), contemporary artist Alva Noto ( born 1965 ), sound artist Frei Otto ( 1925 -- 2015 ), architect, architectural theorist and professor of architecture, builder of the Munich Olympic Park Sylke Otto ( born 1969 ), luger Siegfried Rapp ( 1915 -- 1982 ), one - armed German pianist Frank Rost ( born 1973 ), retired football goalkeeper Helmut Schelsky ( 1912 -- 1984 ), sociologist and university lecturer Karl Schmidt - Rottluff ( 1884 -- 1976 ), painter and graphic artist of expressionism Matthias Schweighöfer ( born 1981 ), actor and film director Jörg Schüttauf ( born 1961 ), actor Matthias Steiner, ( born 1982 ), German - Austrian weightlifter, Olympic Gold Medalist 2008 Ingo Steuer ( born 1966 ), figure skater Mandy Wötzel ( born 1973 ), figure skater Katarina Witt ( born 1965 ), figure skater Klaus Wunderlich ( 1931 -- 1997 ), organist Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, ice figure skaters : World Champion 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 ; Olympic Bronze Medalist 2010, 2014 Honorary citizens Karl Schmidt - Rottluff ( 1884 -- 1976 ), German expressionist painter Marianne Brandt, ( 1893 -- 1983 ), artist, designer Stefan Heym ( 1913 -- 2001 ), German - Jewish writer Valery Bykovsky ( born 1934 ), astronaut Sigmund Jähn ( born 1937 ), German astronaut International relations See also : List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany Twin towns -- sister cities Chemnitz is twinned with : Tampere, Finland ( October 1961 ) Ljubljana, Slovenia ( 17 October 1966 ) Arras, Pas - de-Calais, Hauts - de-France, France ( 1967 ) Timbuktu, Mali ( 6 October 1968 ) Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic ( 17 July 1970 ) Łódź, Poland ( 1972 ) Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Grand Est, France ( 7 October 1981 ) Manchester, England, United Kingdom ( 18 March 1983 ) Volgograd, Russia ( 6 May 1988 ) Düsseldorf, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany ( 13 April 1988 ) Akron, Ohio, USA ( 20 April 1997 ) Taiyuan, China ( 17 May 1999 ) References Jump up ^ `` Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2015 ) ( Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011 ) '' ( PDF ). 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Bibliography See also : Bibliography of the history of Chemnitz External links Saxony portal Media related to Chemnitz at Wikimedia Commons The dictionary definition of chemnitz at Wiktionary Chemnitz travel guide from Wikivoyage ( in German ) Official site of Chemnitz Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Saxony in Germany Urban districts Chemnitz Dresden Leipzig Rural districts Bautzen Erzgebirgskreis Görlitz Leipzig Meißen Mittelsachsen Nordsachsen Sächsische Schweiz - Osterzgebirge Vogtlandkreis Zwickau Former urban districts Görlitz Hoyerswerda Plauen Zwickau Former rural districts Annaberg Aue - Schwarzenberg Chemnitzer Land Delitzsch Döbeln Freiberg Kamenz Leipziger Land Löbau - Zittau Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis Mittweida Muldentalkreis Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa - Großenhain Sächsische Schweiz Stollberg Torgau - Oschatz Weißeritzkreis Zwickauer Land Cities in Germany by population 1,000,000 + Berlin Cologne Hamburg Munich 500,000 + Bremen Dortmund Dresden Düsseldorf Essen Frankfurt Hanover Leipzig Nuremberg Stuttgart 200,000 + Aachen Augsburg Bielefeld Bochum Bonn Braunschweig Chemnitz Duisburg Erfurt Freiburg im Breisgau Gelsenkirchen Halle ( Saale ) Karlsruhe Kiel Krefeld Lübeck Magdeburg Mainz Mannheim Münster Mönchengladbach Oberhausen Rostock Wiesbaden Wuppertal 100,000 + Bergisch Gladbach Bottrop Bremerhaven Cottbus Darmstadt Erlangen Fürth Göttingen Hagen Hamm Heidelberg Heilbronn Herne Hildesheim Ingolstadt Jena Kassel Koblenz Leverkusen Ludwigshafen Moers Mülheim an der Ruhr Neuss Offenbach am Main Oldenburg Osnabrück Paderborn Pforzheim Potsdam Recklinghausen Regensburg Remscheid Reutlingen Saarbrücken Salzgitter Siegen Solingen Trier Ulm Wolfsburg Würzburg complete list municipalities metropolitan regions cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants Capitals of the former East German Bezirke East Berlin Cottbus Dresden Erfurt Frankfurt ( Oder ) Gera Halle Karl - Marx - Stadt ( Chemnitz ) Leipzig Magdeburg Neubrandenburg Potsdam Rostock Schwerin Suhl VIAF : 141372857 LCCN : n80132192 GND : 4029702 - 0 SUDOC : 032392907 BNF : cb123430893 ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chemnitz&oldid=819646664 '' Categories : Cities in Saxony Chemnitz Oil Campaign of World War II University towns in Germany Kingdom of Saxony Hidden categories : CS1 German - language sources ( de ) Webarchive template wayback links All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from August 2017 CS1 Slovenian - language sources ( sl ) CS1 Polish - language sources ( pl ) Use dmy dates from May 2014 Coordinates on Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats Articles containing Upper Sorbian - language text Articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases from February 2015 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2008 Interlanguage link template link number Articles needing additional references from January 2008 All articles needing additional references Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2017 All articles containing potentially dated statements Articles with German - language external links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikivoyage Languages Afrikaans Aragonés Asturianu تۆرکجه Bân - lâm - gú Башҡортса Беларуская Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Български Brezhoneg Català Чӑвашла Cebuano Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Frysk Gaeilge Gàidhlig 客家 語 / Hak - kâ - ngî 한국어 Հայերեն Hornjoserbsce Hrvatski Ido Bahasa Indonesia Interlingue Íslenska Italiano עברית ქართული Қазақша Kiswahili Кыргызча Latina Latviešu Lëtzebuergesch Lietuvių Lumbaart Magyar Македонски मराठी مازِرونی Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Нохчийн Nordfriisk Norsk Norsk nynorsk Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча پنجابی Piemontèis Polski Português Română Русский Sardu Scots Seeltersk Shqip Simple English Slovenčina Ślůnski Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Татарча / tatarça ไทย Türkçe Українська Vèneto Tiếng Việt Volapük Winaray ייִדיש 粵語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 10 January 2018, at 14 : 50. 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