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Zschopau

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town in the kingdom of Saxony, on the left bank of the Zschopau, 18 m. S.E. from Chemnitz by the railway to Annaberg. Pop. (1900) 6748. It contains a handsome parish church dedicated to St Martin, a town hall and a castle (Wildeck), built by the Emperor Henry I. in 932. The industries include ironfounding, cotton and thread-spinning, clothweaving and furniture making.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Zschopau'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​z/zschopau.html. 1910.
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