Limbach-Oberfrohna

Limbach-Oberfrohna
Limbach-Oberfrohna
Town
	Aerial photograph 2012
	Coat of arms
	Location of Limbach-Oberfrohna within Zwickau district
	Limbach-Oberfrohna Limbach-Oberfrohna
	Coordinates: 50°52′N12°45′E / 50.867°N 12.750°E Coordinates: 50°52′N12°45′E / 50.867°N 12.750°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Zwickau
Municipal assoc.	Limbach-Oberfrohna
Subdivisions	7
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Gerd Härtig (FW)
Area
• Total	50.17 km2 (19.37 sq mi)
Elevation	349 m (1,145 ft)
Population (2020-12-31)
• Total	23,711
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	09212
Dialling codes	03722, 037609
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.limbach-oberfrohna.de

Last updated November 07, 2022

Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau in Saxony, Germany.

Main sights

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

Town hall

The town hall was previously the manor house. It was acquired by Friedrich Ludwig Leuschner in 1863 and sold by Otto Leuschner to the municipality in 1911.^[3]

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.

Transport

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.

Notable people

Siegfried Schnabl (born 1927), sexologist and psychotherapist

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References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Limbach". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 691.

↑ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
↑ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
↑ Dehn, Heyko. "Limbach". www.historisches-sachsen.net. Heyko Dehn. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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[1] Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.

[2] "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.

[HS_Limbach-3] Dehn, Heyko. "Limbach". www.historisches-sachsen.net. Heyko Dehn. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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