Elevation 349 m (1,145 ft) Area 50.17 km² Local time Friday 10:51 PM | Municipal assoc. Limbach-Oberfrohna Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 25,957 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 09212 | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 79% Humidity Points of interest Limbach‑Oberfrohna Zoo, Esche‑Museum, HOYERSHEIMATHAUS | ||
Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau in the German Free State of Saxony.
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Map of Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany
Main sights
Economy
Limbach-Oberfrohna is situated in the manufacturing district of Chemnitz. It has a public park and a monument to the composer Johannes Pache. Its industries in the past included the making of worsteds, cloth, silk and sewing-machines, dyeing and bleaching. However, these industries collapsed almost completely after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Today, the biggest employers in the town are Siemens VDO, a former branch of the Siemens AG and manufacturer of car-supplies together with other mechanical-engineering firms.
Transportation
The town is situated near the Bundesautobahn 4 and Bundesautobahn 72. Chemnitz, a city with a long existing mechanical-engineering-industry, is situated about 15 km to the east of Limbach-Oberfrohna.