The Chemnitz is a river in
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
, a right tributary of the
Zwickauer Mulde. It gave name to the city of
Chemnitz
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...
, where it is formed by the smaller rivers
Zwönitz
Zwönitz (; Upper Sorbian language, Upper Sorbian: ''Zwonica'') is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of Stollberg, and southwest of Chemnitz.
Parts of the town
Zwönitz consists of:
Populati ...
and
Würschnitz. It joins the Zwickauer Mulde near
Wechselburg, south of
Rochlitz
Rochlitz (; , ) is a major district town (Große Kreisstadt) in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Rochlitz is the head of the "municipal partnership Rochlitz" (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Rochlitz) with its other members being the mu ...
and has a total length of .
On 22 June 1930, a bridge over the Chemnitz River collapsed, plunging 200 spectators who had been crowding on the bridge into the water and injuring 90 of them.
Gallery
File:Chemnitzfluss in Schweizerthal (1).JPG, Chemnitz river at Schweizerthal in March 2016
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12903, Sachsen, Hochwasser.jpg, Flood of the Chemnitz in Chemnitz-Furth, January 1932
File:Muldentalbahn bei Chemnitzmündung.JPG, Mouth of the Chemnitz near the bridge Muldentalbahn at Wechselburg in May 2016
See also
*
List of rivers of Saxony
A list of rivers of Saxony, Germany:
A
* Alte Luppe
B
* Bahra
* Bahre
* Batschke
* Bauerngraben
* Biela
* Black Elster
* Black Pockau
* Bobritzsch
* Borlasbach
* Brunndöbra
* Burgauenbach
C
*Chemnitz
* Colmnitzbach
* Cunnersdorfer Wasser
D
* ...
References
Rivers of Saxony
Chemnitz
Rivers of Germany
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