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Chemnitz (German: [ˈkɛmnɪts] ⓘ; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt [kaʁlˈmaʁksˌʃtat] ⓘ, lit. ' Karl Marx City ') is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. Chemnitz is the third-largest city in the Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialect area after Leipzig and Dresden.
The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The district existed from 1952 until the Reunification of Germany in 1990. The administrative seat and the main town was Karl-Marx-Stadt, renamed back to Chemnitz during the reunification of Germany.
Karl-Marx-Stadt. Chemnitz, city, Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. The city lies along the Chemnitz River, at the north foot of the Ore Mountains, southwest of Dresden. It began as a trading place on a salt route to Prague, was chartered in 1143, and fell to the Wettin margraves of Meissen in 1308.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Karl-Marx-Stadt (“Karl Marx City”), as Chemnitz was known from 1953 to 1990, continued to be a centre for machine construction and had 315,000 residents by the end of the 1980s.
Oct 16, 2020 · Karl Marx Stadt was one of the most famous cities in the GDR. With the reunification followed the renaming back. We wanted to see what is left of the GDR Chemnitz.
The philosopher Karl Marx gave his name to Chemnitz between 1953 and 1990, when the city was known as Karl-Marx-Stadt. His 13-metre high bust has been part of the cityscape ever since.
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May 22, 2019 · Once a model socialist town named Karl Marx City, Chemnitz in the east German state of Saxony has witnessed dramatic political changes over the years.
