Penig (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːnɪç]) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Zwickauer Mulde, 19 km northwest of Chemnitz. The old and the new castle were owned by the House of Schönburg from 1378 until 1945.
Population: 10,557
Latitude: 50° 56' 0.10" N
Longitude: 12° 42' 15.19" E
Colditz Castle (or Schloss Colditz in German) is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany. It gained international fame as a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II for "incorr…
Oflag IV-C, often referred to as Colditz Castle because of its location, was one of the most noted German Army prisoner-of-war camps for captured enemy officers during World War II; Oflag is a shortening of Offizierslager, meaning "officers camp".
The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British prisoners of war for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) in Germany.
The Sachsenring (German pronunciation: [ˈzaksənʁɪŋ]) racing circuit is located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany.
Chemnitz University of Technology is located in the town of Chemnitz in Germany. With over 10000 students it is the third largest university in Saxony and around 750 international students from 100 universities all over the world are enrolled each y…
Joachim, Count von Schönburg-Glauchau (4 February 1929 in Glauchau, Saxony – 29 September 1998 in Passau, Bavaria) was the head of the mediatised House of Schönburg. Dispossessed and expelled from his homeland in 1945, he and his family migrated to …
The Splash! Festival is one of Europe's biggest hip hop and reggae festivals. It used to take place at the Oberrabenstein reservoir near Chemnitz, Germany until 2006. In 2007 and 2008 the festival was held on the Pouch peninsula in Bitterfeld, Saxon…
Leipzig–Altenburg Airport ((IATA: AOC, ICAO: EDAC); until February 2008 known as Altenburg–Nobitz Airport) is a German regional airport in Nobitz, 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Altenburg and 42 km (26 mi) south of Leipzig in the state of Thuringia. It …
Stadion an der Gellertstraße is a single-use football stadium in Chemnitz, Germany and the home stadium of Chemnitzer FC. Between 1950 and 1990, the stadium was called "Dr. Kurt-Fischer-Stadion".
Chemnitz (German pronunciation: [ˈkɛmnɪt͡s]) is one of the three former Direktionsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the south-west of the state. It coincided with the Planungsregion Südsachsen.
Mittweida (German pronunciation: [mɪtˈvaɪda]) is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-Gymnasium Chemnitz is a public secondary school in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany, for grades 5-12. It is one of 7 secondary schools operating in Chemnitz.
HKW Chemnitz-Nord (abbreviation for Heizkraftwerk Chemnitz) is a lignite-fired power station in the northern parts of Chemnitz with a power capacity of 120 megawatts.
Chemnitzer Land is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in Chemnitz in Germany.
Amerika (German pronunciation: [aˈmeːʁika]) is a former company settlement in the German Free State of Saxony and a district of the town of Penig.
The 2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2008 MotoGP season.
The Sprotte is a left tributary of the Pleiße in East Thuringia.