Zwickau (district)
The district of Zwickau is a district in the west of Saxony. It was created on 1 August 2008 by the merger of the counties Chemnitz country Zwickau country and the independent city of Zwickau. He is the smallest area of circle in the Free State and has the highest population density of all counties in the new Länder.
- 3.1 Economic Activities
- 3.2 Labour Market 3.2.1 Youth unemployment
- 4.1 Road traffic
- 4.2 Railway
- 8.1 District
- 8.2 Kreistag
- 8.3 Coat of Arms
- 8.4 Flag
Geography
The majority of the district Zwickau belongs to the Erzgebirge, only a small portion in the southwest is attributed to the Vogtland. Neighboring counties are in the west of the Thuringian district of Greiz, Altenburger in the north of also Thuringian district of the country, in the northeastern district of Central Saxony, in the east the district-free city of Chemnitz, in the south and southeast of the Erzgebirge District and in the south west of the Vogtland.
History
As part of the Saxon administrative and functional reform of 2008, which came into force with effect from 1 August 2008, the districts of Chemnitz country Zwickau country and the independent city of Zwickau were merged to form a great circle. As county seat, the largest city of Zwickau was determined in the previous ( Great) district towns remained remote locations - particularly Glauchau, Werdau, Limbach- Oberfrohna and Hohenstein -Ernstthal.
The county is part of the newly created within the framework of the administrative reform cultural region Vogtland- Zwickau.
Population Development
The following table shows the development of the population of the district Zwickau (each 31 December of year ). All data are covering the territory from 1 January 2011.
1 census result ( area of 31 December 2011 )
Economy
Industries
Predominant in the district of Zwickau automotive and automotive supplier industry and logistics, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. Furthermore, a variety of small to mid-sized exists craft.
Labor market
In the area of the district Zwickau average of more than 160,000 persons in employment were reported in 2009, so the county has the highest number of workers of all districts of the Free State of Saxony. In February 2012, there were 16 413 people out of work. This corresponds to an unemployment rate of 9.4% ( February 2011: 11.1%). Thus, the county has the lowest unemployment among all Zwickau Saxony rural and urban districts.
Youth unemployment
In April 2012, there were 1,324 under -25s and so reported 50 young people less than in March 2012 as unemployed.
Infrastructure
Road
Main roads in the district are the federal highways 4 and 72 as well as the federal highways 93, 173, 175 and 180
Railway
The railway line Dresden- Werdau performs an important portion of the Sachsen- Franken- Magistrale by the circular area with breakpoints among other things, in Hohenstein- Ernstthal, Glauchau, Zwickau and Werdau. Furthermore, connecting the S -Bahn from central Germany in December 2013 the county with Leipzig / Halle Leipzig and the airport.
Health service
In the district of Zwickau there are seven hospitals, hospital special treatment, five hospitals in the standard care and a specialist hospital.
- Heinrich- Braun Hospital Zwickau, hospital special treatment
- Rudolf Virchow Klinikum Glauchau
- District hospital Kirchberg GmbH
- GGmbH DRK Hospital Lichtenstein
- Pleißental - Klinik GmbH Werdau
- Paracelsus -Klinik Zwickau
- Asklepios Klinikum GmbH meadows Wildenfels - Fachkrankenkaus of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
The Zwickau University, offers a diploma course in sign language interpreting at the two bachelor degree programs "Health Management " and " care management " as well as the Master's Program Health Sciences. The Eubios Academy in Werdau is a nationally recognized training facility for health care professions.
The British pharmaceutical company Aesica site entity Zwickau a production and research center.
Education
Largest educational institution in the district is the West Saxon University of Zwickau. At the University of Applied Sciences, which emerged from founded 1862 in Zwickau Mountain School, about 5200 students are currently enrolled. In addition, there is a study Academy ( BA Glauchau ) and 9 vocational training centers and several high schools in the district. Overall, the county has Zwickau 124 general education schools, and 201 daycare.
Occurrence
The logo of the new district is a young blossoming bud as a symbol of the merging of two former counties dar. Here, the fresh blue stands as the background color for a strong economy.
Policy
District
The district was selected as part of the Saxon municipal elections on 8 June 2008, thus before the actual founding circle. District Administrator was Dr. Christoph Scheurer (CDU ), who received 52.7 % of votes in the first ballot. Scheurer was already active as a district administrator in the former county Glauchau as well as in its successor district Chemnitz country.
Council
The council of the district of Zwickau was also elected on 8 June 2008. The 98 seats on the council are distributed as follows among the individual parties:
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Split, front in blue in gold and silver split, red reinforced lion; back three times diagonally right shared by red and silver. "
On 30 September 2009, the council decided the new county coat of arms. The emblem is intended to represent a combination of the coats of arms of the former county Schoenburg and Pleißener rule, both of which were on the territory of the present county. For the design of the heraldic Ulrich Bright from Halle ( Saale) has yet to take a position before it can be finally approved by the legal supervisory authority, the Central State Archive.
Flag
The flag is red - white (1-1) streaked with in the middle hook county coat of arms.
Cities and Towns
( Population figures from December 31, 2012)
Cities
Communities
Management Communities
Partnership
- The 1990 agreement between the district and the district of Lörrach Glauchau partnership was transferred to the district Zwickau to the local government reform.