Zwochau

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Zwochau
Ortsteil of Wiedemar
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Zwochau
Coordinates: 51°28′N12°16′E / 51.467°N 12.267°E / 51.467; 12.267 Coordinates: 51°28′N12°16′E / 51.467°N 12.267°E / 51.467; 12.267
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Nordsachsen
Municipality Wiedemar
Area
  Total 18.84 km2 (7.27 sq mi)
Elevation 112 m (367 ft)
Population (2011-12-31)
  Total 1,080
  Density 57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 04509
Dialling codes 034207
Vehicle registration TDO
Website www.zwochau.de

Zwochau is a village and a former municipality in the district (Landkreis) of North Saxony, in the administrative region (Direktionsbezirk) of Leipzig, in Saxony. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the municipality Wiedemar.

Nordsachsen District in Saxony, Germany

Nordsachsen is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

Leipzig Place in Saxony, Germany

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Saxony State in Germany

Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.

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Location

The village lies approximately 30 km east of Halle (Saale), ca. 20 km northwest of Leipzig, and 10 km southwest of Delitzsch. The national autobahn no. 9 runs west of the corporate boundary and can be accessed via the Wiedemar entrance ramp (ca. 4 km). The community is marked with the vestiges of the defunct middle German Brown coal industry. Lakes are currently forming in the vast open pits of the former mines (the Werbeliner See, Grabschützer See, and Zwochauer See) as a part of the new "Saxon Sealand." The Leipzig/Halle Airport is immediately south of Zwochau in the Schkeuditz district.

Halle (Saale) Place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Halle (Saale) is a city in the southern part of the German state Saxony-Anhalt.

Delitzsch Place in Saxony, Germany

Delitzsch is a town in the Free State of Saxony in Germany. With 24.850 inhabitants at the end of 2015, it is the largest town in the district of Nordsachsen.

Autobahn national expressway in Germany

The Autobahn is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is Bundesautobahn, which translates as "federal motorway". The literal meaning of the word Bundesautobahn is "Federal Auto(mobile) Track".

History

The existence of the village of Zwochau is first documented in a charter from 1158. Since 1 April 1936 the villages of Flemsdorf and Schladitz have been amalgamated with Zwochau. [1]

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