Silberstraße (Wilkau-Haßlau)

North view of Silberstraße

Silberstraße is a formerly independent parish in the German state of Saxony. Since 1999 it has been part of the borough of Wilkau-Haßlau, in the district of Zwickau. It has around 2,000 inhabitants and lies at an elevation of 340 m above sea level (NN). As well as the old village houses it also has a newly built residential area with modern housing units, large industrial estates with textile firms and agricultural concerns.

Geography

Location

The village lies as the foot of the Ore Mountains in a valley basin, about 10 kilometres south of Zwickau and is divided by the Zwickauer Mulde river.

Neighbouring parishes

Its adjacent municipalities are Reinsdorf with the villages of Vielau and Friedrichsgrün, as well as the towns of Kirchberg and Wildenfels in the district of Zwickau.

References

External links

Silberstraße in the Digital Historic Index of Places in Saxony (Digitalen Historischen Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen)

Coordinates: 50°39′47″N 12°32′49″E / 50.66306°N 12.54694°E / 50.66306; 12.54694

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