Meaning of "Zwickau" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ZWICKAU

German.

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PRONUNCIATION OF ZWICKAU

Zwickau

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZWICKAU

Zwickau is a noun.

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WHAT DOES ZWICKAU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zwickau

Zwickau in Germany, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau. The city is situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge mountains and is also part of what is called the Saxon triangle metropolitan area, an economic network which includes Leipzig-Halle, Dresden and Chemnitz. The city has slightly fewer than 100,000 inhabitants, but has a regional catchment area of over 480,000 people. From 1834 until 1952 Zwickau was the former seat of the government of the south-western region of Saxony. Zwickau, known as the city of automobiles, is the centre of the Saxon automotive industry, with a tradition over one hundred years old. Well known beyond Germany's borders are car makers such as Horch, Audi, Auto Union, Trabant and Volkswagen. Since 2000 its history has been presented in the August-Horch Museum, inside the former Audi Works. The West Saxon University of Applied Sciences of Zwickau is an important centre for educating and training automotive engineers. The Romantic composer Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau.

Definition of Zwickau in the English dictionary

The definition of Zwickau in the dictionary is a city in E Germany, in Saxony: Anabaptist movement founded here ; coal-mining and industrial centre. Pop: 99 846.

TRANSLATION OF ZWICKAU

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZWICKAU»

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Hero of Zwickau

George Arnold Canon. of white gladiolas and maidenhead fern, all to the backdrop of the weary organist going through his repertoire of Mendelssohn, Brahms and Ravel the second time. “Do you suppose she will show, sir?” “ Generals' ...

George Arnold Canon, 2014

Lonely Planet Germany

Coming from Chemnitz, motorists should follow the S236 country road east to the Schloss. From the A4, get off at Frankenberg, take the B169 to Flöha, then switch to the B 180 to Augustusburg. ZWICKAU D 0375 / pop 95,000 A gateway ...

Lonely Planet, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Kerry Christiani, 2010

Studying and Working in Germany: A Student Guide

Westsachsische Hochschule Zwickau (FH) Dr.-Friedrichs-Ring 2A, 08056 Zwickau. Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Web site: www.th-zwickau.de Akademisches Auslandsamt: Dr.-Friedrichs-Ring 2A, 08056 Zwickau. Tel: [phone] ...

Peter James, David Kaufman, 2002

Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command

Zwickau-Luganer Coal Mining Company . . Zwickau-Oberhohndorfer Coal Mining Co. . Zwickau-Oelsnitzer Coal Mining Company Zwickauer Vereinsgliick Coal Mining Co. . Seat of the Company. Witten Neu-Ocge Dortmund Lcipsic Freiberg ...

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1867

The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500

OVERVIEW OF COINAGE. REGION I, GERMANY. Number Date Mint I-146a 1475 Freiberg I-146b 1475 Freiberg/ Leipzig I-147 1475 Gotha I-148 1475 Leipzig I-149 1475 Leipzig I-150 1475 Zwickau I-154 1477 Colditz I-155 1477 Freiberg ...

Robert A. Levinson, 2007

Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons

The traffic carried on in this branch in the neighbourhood of Dresden, both by rail and on the Elbe, is more easy to be specified, but, however, not so correctly, as the traffic from the mines of Zwickau and Wiirschnitz, which can "le carried on ...

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1866

Max Pechstein: The Rise and Fall of Expressionism

243 E.g. postcard Lotte Pechstein to Gerbig, from Zwickau, 5 November 1915, in SMZ, no inv. no.; postcard Pechstein to Schiefler, from Zwickau, 6 November 1915, in SUB, NGS: B:31:1915,2; f. 248; postcard Pechstein to Pa Heilmann, from  ...

Bernhard Fulda, Aya Soika, 2012

Schumann

This new edition of Schumann is based on recently-published sources that provide new dating for many of his compositions, and shed new light on his final years.

Eric Frederick Jensen, 2012

Early Stoneware Steins from the Les Paul Collection: A ...

It lies in the mid- dle of a triangle formed by Chemnitz (15 miles to the east), Zwickau (15 miles to the southwest), and Altenburg (13 miles to the northwest). The region is charac- terized by large forest areas and picturesque river mead- ows, ...

Beatrix Adler, 2005

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force

At the same time, rwo composite 4th CBW formations fought their way through 200+ enemy fighters to attack an Fw 190 depot at Zwickau. Swarming around the B-17s for half an hour, they downed 1 1 bombers, including no fewer than seven  ...

Martin W. Bowman, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZWICKAU»

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Offenbar geistig Verwirrter tötet in Zwickau wahllos zwei Frauen

Zwickau. Ein offenbar psychisch verwirrter Mann hat am späten Samstagnachmittag im Zwickauer Ortsteil Marienthal erst eine 67-jährige und dann eine ... «Freie Presse, Jul 15»

BFC Dynamo - FSV Zwickau

Regionalliga Nordost – Follow the Football match between BFC Dynamo and FSV Zwickau live with Eurosport. The match starts at 03:00 on 25 July 2015. «Eurosport.com AU, Jun 15»

Zwickau: Hotel Wagner brennt lichterloh

Zwickau. Weitgehend machtlos waren die Einsatzkräfte der Feuerwehr am Mitwochnachmittag gegen einen Dachstuhlbrand im ehemaligen Hotel Wagner an ... «Freie Presse, Jun 15»

FSV Zwickau - Chemnitzer FC 0:2 (0:1)

Chemnitz gewinnt zum achten Mal den Sachsenpokal. Der CFC war cleverer, Zwickau hat gut gekämpft und viel versucht. «MDR, May 15»

Magdeburg und Zwickau gewinnen - SVE patzt

Im Nordosten konnte sich Zwickau gegen Neustrelitz durchsetzen und die Tabellenführung behalten. Im Verfolgerduell schlug Magdeburg Nordhausen klar mit ... «Kicker Online, Mar 15»

Erfindung aus Zwickau: Datenbrille zeigt Untertitel im Kino

Eine Untertitel-Datenbrille für Kinofilme haben Forscher der Westsächsischen Hochschule Zwickau entwickelt. Sie soll nicht nur hörgeschädigten oder ... «N24, Mar 15»

FSV Zwickau souverän im Halbfinale

Standesgemäß hat der FSV Zwickau das Halbfinale des Sachsenpokals erreicht. Das Ziegner-Team setzte sich beim FC International Leipzig mit 2:0 (0:0) durch ... «MDR, Nov 14»

FSV Zwickau - 1. FC Magdeburg 1:0 (1:0)

Das war es. Zwickau macht mit der ersten Chance das Tor und bringt das Ergebnis dann über die Zeit. Insgesamt war es jedoch kein gutes Spiel. «MDR, Oct 14»

DB to close Eberswalde and Zwickau maintenance facilities

GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn announced plans to close the DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung rolling stock maintenance subsidiary's Eberswalde and Zwickau sites on ... «Railway Gazette International, Oct 14»

Bahn schließt Instandhaltungswerk in Zwickau

Die Deutsche Bahn stellt bis Ende Dezember 2015 den Betrieb des Fahrzeuginstandhaltungswerkes Zwickau ein. Das teilte das Unternehmen am Mittwoch auf ... «MDR, Oct 14»