Glauchau Knowpia

Glauchau
Glauchau
Town
	Market
	Coat of arms
	Location of Glauchau within Zwickau district
	Glauchau Glauchau
	Coordinates: 50°49′24″N 12°32′40″E / 50.82333°N 12.54444°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Zwickau
Subdivisions	7
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Marcus Steinhart (CDU)
Area
• Total	51.49 km2 (19.88 sq mi)
Elevation	266 m (873 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	21,951
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	08371
Dialling codes	03763
Vehicle registration	Z, GC
Website	www.glauchau.de

Glauchau (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlaʊxaʊ] ^ⓘ; Upper Sorbian: Hłuchow, pronounced [ˈhwuxɔf]) is a town in the German federal state of Saxony, on the right bank of the Mulde, 7 miles north of Zwickau and 17 miles west of Chemnitz by rail (its train station is on the Dresden–Werdau line). It is part of the Zwickau district.

History edit

Glauchau was founded by a colony of Sorbs and Wends, and belonged to the lords of Schönburg as early as the 12th century.^[3]

Some portions of the extensive old castle date from the 12th century, and the Gottesacker church contains interesting antiquarian relics.^[3]

Johann Pfeffinger (1493–1573), theologian and Protest reformer
Georg Agricola (1494–1555), scholar and scientist
Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), jurist, economist and historian
Ernst Friedrich Germar (1786–1853), professor of mineralogy, entomologist and local politician
Julius Heinrich Petermann (1801–1876), Orientalist
Ernst Kals (1905–1979), submarine commander
Walter Schlesinger (1908–1984), historian
Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau (1929–1998), politician, writer, Bundestag deputy of the CDU 1990–1994
Dieter Erler (1939–1998), footballer
Christine Spielberg (born 1941), discus thrower
Torsten May (born 1969), boxer

Glauchau is twinned with:^[4]

^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Glauchau". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 114.
^ "Städtepartnerschaften von Glauchau" (in German). Glauchau. Retrieved 2021-12-09.

Glauchau Notgeld (emergency banknotes) Small currency notes from Glauchau depicting the story of how the Buttermilchturm (Buttermilk tower) got its name. webgerman.com/Notgeld/
Glauchau Notgeld (emergency banknotes) Small currency notes from Glauchau depicting the story of the Saxon Beer wars of 1731. webgerman.com/Notgeld/