Limbach-Oberfrohna

Limbach-Oberfrohna
Limbach-Oberfrohna
Location of the town of Limbach-Oberfrohna within Zwickau district
Coordinates	50°52′0″N 12°45′0″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Admin. region	Chemnitz
District	Zwickau
Municipal assoc.	Limbach-Oberfrohna
Town subdivisions	7
Mayor	Hans-Christian Rickauer (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	50.17 km2 (19.37 sq mi)
Elevation	349 m  (1145 ft)
Population	25,348 (31 December 2010)
- Density	505 /km2 (1,309 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	Z
Postal code	09212
Area codes	03722, 037609
Website	www.limbach-oberfrohna.de

Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau in the German Free State of Saxony.

Main sights

• Schloss (Castle) Wolkenburg
• Protestant church in Oberfrohna
• Wasserturm ("Water Tower")
• Town Hall
• Limbach Municipal Church

Economy

Limbach-Oberfrohna is situated in the manufacturing district of Chemnitz. It has a public park and a monument to the composer Johannes Pache. Its industries in the past included the making of worsteds, cloth, silk and sewing-machines, dyeing and bleaching. However, these industries collapsed almost completely after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Today, the biggest employers in the town are Siemens VDO, a former branch of the Siemens AG and manufacturer of car-supplies together with other mechanical-engineering firms.

Transportation

The town is situated near the Bundesautobahn 4 and Bundesautobahn 72. Chemnitz, a city with a long existing mechanical-engineering-industry, is situated about 15 km to the east of Limbach-Oberfrohna.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.