Chemnitz is the third largest city in the Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialect area after Leipzig and Dresden.
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15 Facts About Chemnitz
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Chemnitz is named after the river Chemnitz, a small tributary of the Zwickau Mulde.
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The word "Chemnitz" is from the Sorbian language, and means "stony [brook]".
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Chemnitz contained factories that produced military hardware and a Flossenburg forced labor subcamp for Astra-Werke AG.
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Many inhabitants migrated to the former West Germany and unemployment in the region increased sharply; in addition Chemnitz did not have adequate shopping facilities, but this was increasingly demanded.
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Chemnitz is the only major German city whose centre was re-planned after 1990, similar to the reconstruction of several other German cities in the immediate post-war years.
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Theater Chemnitz offers a variety of theatre: opera, plays, ballet and, and runs concerts by the orchestra Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie .
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Chemnitz Industrial Museum is an Anchor Point of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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The State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz opened in 2014 and is located in the former Schocken Department Stores .
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The other great art museum in Chemnitz is located near central railway station, it is called "Museum am Theaterplatz" .
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Chemnitz is the largest city of the urban area and is one of the most important economic areas of Germany's new federal states.
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Since about 2000, the city's economy has recorded high annual GDP growth rates; Chemnitz is among the top ten German cities in terms of growth rate.
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Chemnitz is the centerpiece of tourism in the Ore Mountains.
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