Zschopau
Zschopau, is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany.Geography
The town is located on the northwestern slopes of the Ore Mountains, on both banks of the Zschopau River, about south-east from Chemnitz. The highest point is Mt. Pilzhübel with an elevation of. The municipal area comprises the village of Krumhermersdorf, incorporated in 1999. Since German reunification, Zschopau has lost about one fourth of its population.
Zschopau is famous for its motorcycle industry, particularly the DKW and MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk GmbH brands, and the toy business VEB Plasticart.
Zschopau has a handsome parish church dedicated to St Martin, a town hall and a castle, whose construction started in the twelfth century.Historical population
Notable people
- Heinz Auerswald, painter not to be confused with Heinz Auerswald German lawyer, Nazi party, 1908 - 1970
- Marcus Burghardt, bicycle racer
- Ulf Findeisen, ski jumper
- David Füleki, comic artist and non-fiction author
- Rebekka Haase, athlete
- Axel Jungk, skeleton racer
- Walter Kaaden, engineer
- Karl Kröner, painter
- Claudia Nystad, cross country skier
- Karl Schmidt-Hellerau, furniture manufacturer and social reformer
- Stefan Semmler, rower
- Frank Uhlig, footballer
- Roland Wieser, racewalker
Personalities who have worked on the ground
- Carl Hahn, German-Austrian automobile builder and entrepreneur, father of VW manager Carl Hahn
- Walter Kaaden, engineer
- Christian Liebe, composer
- Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, Danish engineer and industrialist
- Hermann Weber, Constructor
- Valentin Weigel, mystical theosophical writer, priest and natural philosopher
- Clara Zetkin, socialist politician and women's rights activist
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