Zschopau

Zschopau, is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany.

Geography
The town is located on the northwestern slopes of the Ore Mountains, on both banks of the Zschopau River, about 9 mi south-east from Chemnitz. The highest point is Mt. Pilzhübel with an elevation of 597.8 m. The municipal area comprises the village of Krumhermersdorf, incorporated in 1999. Since German reunification, Zschopau has lost about one fourth of its population.

Zschopau is famous for its motorcycle industry, particularly the DKW and MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk GmbH brands, and the toy business VEB Plasticart.

Zschopau has a handsome parish church dedicated to St Martin, a town hall and a castle (Schloss Wildeck), whose construction started in the twelfth century.

Notable people

 * Heinz Auerswald (1891-1974), painter not to be confused with Heinz Auerswald German lawyer, Nazi party, 1908 - 1970
 * Marcus Burghardt (born 1983), bicycle racer
 * Ulf Findeisen (born 1962), ski jumper
 * David Füleki (born 1985), comic artist and non-fiction author
 * Rebekka Haase (born 1993), athlete (sprinter)
 * Axel Jungk (born 1991), skeleton racer
 * Walter Kaaden (1919–1996), engineer
 * Karl Kröner (1887–1972), painter
 * Claudia Nystad (born 1978), cross country skier
 * Karl Schmidt-Hellerau (1873–1948), furniture manufacturer and social reformer
 * Stefan Semmler (born 1952), rower
 * Frank Uhlig (born 1955), footballer
 * Roland Wieser (born 1956), racewalker

People who worked in the area

 * Carl Hahn (1894-1961), German-Austrian automobile builder and entrepreneur, father of VW manager Carl Hahn
 * Walter Kaaden (1919-1996), engineer
 * Christian Liebe (1654-1708), composer
 * Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (1878-1964), Danish engineer and industrialist
 * Hermann Weber (1896-1948), Constructor
 * Valentin Weigel (1533-1588), mystical theosophical writer, priest and natural philosopher
 * Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), socialist politician and women's rights activist