Limbach-Oberfrohna

Limbach-Oberfrohna

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Limbach-Oberfrohna

Coordinates: 50°52′N 12°45′E / 50.867°N 12.750°E / 50.867; 12.750Coordinates: 50°52′N 12°45′E / 50.867°N 12.750°E / 50.867; 12.750
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Zwickau
Municipal assoc. Limbach-Oberfrohna
Government
  Mayor Hans-Christian Rickauer (CDU)
Area
  Total 50.17 km2 (19.37 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
  Total 24,014
  Density 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 09212
Dialling codes 03722, 037609
Vehicle registration Z
Website www.limbach-oberfrohna.de

Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau in the German Free State of Saxony.

Main sights

Economy

Limbach-Oberfrohna is situated in the manufacturing district of Chemnitz. It has a public park and a monument to the composer Johannes Pache. Its industries in the past included the making of worsteds, cloth, silk and sewing-machines, dyeing and bleaching. However, these industries collapsed almost completely after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Today, the biggest employers in the town are Siemens VDO, a former branch of the Siemens AG and manufacturer of car-supplies together with other mechanical-engineering firms.

Transportation

The town is situated near the Bundesautobahn 4 and Bundesautobahn 72. Chemnitz, a city with a long existing mechanical-engineering-industry, is situated about 15 km to the east of Limbach-Oberfrohna.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 


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