Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Meerane
Meerane | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Saint Martins Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Meerane within Zwickau district  | |
  Meerane  Meerane | |
| Coordinates: 50°51′7″N 12°27′49″E / 50.85194°N 12.46361°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Zwickau |
| Municipal assoc. | Meerane-Schönberg |
| Subdivisions | Kernstadt, 4 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–29) | Jörg Schmeißer[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.77 km2 (7.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 253 m (830 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 13,888 |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 08393 |
| Dialling codes | 03764 |
| Vehicle registration | Z |
| Website | www.meerane.de |
Meerane (German: [meˈʁaːnə] ⓘ) is a town in the Zwickau district of Saxony, Germany. It lies midway between the towns of Altenburg and Zwickau, west of Chemnitz.
As of 31 December 2015, there were 14,851 inhabitants.[3] The population has declined from a peak of over 26,000 in the 1940s.
Meerane was once important for the manufacture of woollen and mixed cloths; associated industries such as dyeworks, tanneries and machine factories were also located there.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Aktuelles". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
Previous Page Next Page
