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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.
Jun 20, 2024 · 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.
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.
Feb 15, 2024 · Formally known as Karl-Marx-Stadt, Chemnitz is a portal into East German history. Situated close to the German border with Czechia in the state of Saxony, Chemnitz is a city with real history. The third-largest city in the state after Dresden and Leipzig, Chemnitz had a turbulent time in the 20th century.
The Bezirke were drawn without regard to the borders of the Länder and each named after their capitals, from north to south: Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Schwerin, Potsdam, Frankfurt (Oder), Magdeburg, Cottbus, Halle, Leipzig, Erfurt, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt (named Chemnitz until 1953), Gera and Suhl .
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 Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The district would last from 1952 up to 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.
