Chemnitz

[ kem-nits ]

noun

1. a city in E Germany.

Chemnitz

/ ˈkɛmnɪts /

noun

1. a city in E Germany, in Saxony, at the foot of the Erzgebirge: textiles, engineering. Pop: 249 922 (2003 est) Also called (1953–90)Karl-Marx-Stadt

Example Sentences

We arrived at Chemnitz at noon, just as a numerous company at the hotel were about to sit down to dinner.

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Chemnitz (Kaminizi) was originally a settlement of the Serbian Wends and became a market town in 1143.

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Chemnitz is a favourite tourist centre for excursions into the Erzgebirge, the chain of mountains separating Saxony from Bohemia.

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The industry of Chemnitz has gained for the town the name of “Saxon Manchester.”

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Jahresbericht der Technischen Staatslehranstalten zu Chemnitz, 1890.

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