Rochlitz (German pronunciation: [ˈʁɔxlɪts]) is a major district town (Große Kreisstadt) in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Population: 6,847
Latitude: 51° 03' 0.25" N
Longitude: 12° 47' 51.14" 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 Central German Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland) is one of the so-called metropolitan regions in Germany. It is centered on the major cities of Leipzig and Halle, extending over Central German parts of the states of …
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 (official name: Landkreis Leipzig) is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the city Leipzig, which is partly surrounded by the district, but not part of it.
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 …
Sachsenburg was a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Germany, located in Frankenberg, Saxony, near Chemnitz.[1] Along with Lichtenburg, it was among the first to be built by the Nazis, and operated by the SS from 1933 to 1937. The camp was an abando…
Mittweida (German pronunciation: [mɪtˈvaɪda]) is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
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.
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 Zwickau Mulde (German: Zwickauer Mulde, German pronunciation: [ˈtsvɪkaʊɐ ˈmʊldə]) is a river in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
The Zschopau (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃoːpaʊ̯], Czech: Sapava [ˈsapava] or Šopava [ˈʃopava]) is a river in Saxony, Germany, left tributary of the Freiberger Mulde. Its source is in the Erzgebirge, on the slopes of the Fichtelberg, near the border …
The Saxon Railway Museum (Sächsisches Eisenbahnmuseum or SEM) is located in Chemnitz, in the state of Saxony, eastern Germany.
Burg Gnandstein or Gnandstein Castle is located in Gnandstein, part of the city of Kohren-Sahlis in the Leipziger Land district of Saxony, Germany.
The Freiberger Mulde (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaɪbɛʁɡɐ ˈmʊldə]) is a river in Saxony, Germany.