Zwickau

Country

Kingdom of Saxony

Coordinates

50.7189, 12.4961

History

• Zwickau (–1323), Holy Roman Empire
• Zwickau (1323–1423), Margraviate of Meissen
• Zwickau (1423–1806), Electorate of Saxony
• Zwickau (1806–1871), Kingdom of Saxony
• Zwickau (1871–1919), German Empire
• Zwickau (1919–1933), Weimar Republic
• Zwickau (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Zwickau (1945–1949), Soviet occupation zone of Germany
• Zwickau (1949–1990), German Democratic Republic
• Zwickau (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Robert Schumann (1810–1856), was born in Zwickau