Karl-Marx-Stadt

[ kahrl-mahrks-shtaht ]

noun

1. former name (1953–90) of Chemnitz.

Karl-Marx-Stadt

/ karlˈmarksʃtat /

noun

1. the former name (1953–90) of Chemnitz

Example Sentences

Chemnitz, a city of about 247,000 residents, was known as Karl-Marx-Stadt when it and the rest of Saxony were part of the former communist East Germany.

From Seattle Times

After the Second World War, the Communist regime renamed the city “Karl-Marx-Stadt” and turned it into an industrial powerhouse.

From The New Yorker

The monument is a throwback to the city's days as a model socialist city in the former German Democratic Republic, when it was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt.

From BBC

She grew up in Chemnitz, a former East German manufacturing town that was once known as Karl-Marx-Stadt, or Karl Marx City.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Gauland was born during World War II in Chemnitz, a city that would become Karl-Marx-Stadt under East German communist rule.

From Washington Times