Old town (Plauen)

Old town City of Plauen Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 38 ″  N , 12 ° 8 ′ 9 ″  E
Residents :	514  (May 9, 2011)
Postcodes :	08523, 08527
Area code :	03741
Location of the old town district in Plauen

Altstadt is one of the smallest districts of Plauen in the city ​​center . Here is the historic center of the city with the town hall and the Johanniskirche .

geography

View from the town hall tower to the Altmarkt and the Johanniskirche

The old town hall, one of the city's landmarks

The old town is in the center of Plauen and borders five other districts.

Dobenau		Schlossberg
Neundorfer suburb		Neustadt
	Upper floodplain

The old town is bounded by (clockwise from the north) Postplatz, Syrastrasse, Hofwiesenstrasse, Pfortenstrasse, Bleichstrasse, Böhlerstrasse, Mühlberg, Oberen and Unteren Graben. Approximately in the middle is the old market with the old town hall. In the north, at Postplatz, there is the central “Tunnel” stop for the Plauen tram . The head office of Sparkasse Vogtland is located in the south-western tip and above it is the Johanniskirche . The Weisbachsche Haus is located on the south-western border and the Malzhaus is in the immediate vicinity, the remains of a first town castle of the Ebersteiners on the southwest corner of the wall ring. To the east, between Obere Graben and Nobelstrasse, are the Vogtland Museum and the Erich-Ohser-Haus . The entrance to the New Town Hall is on the north-western border.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the district in the 9th Official Statistics Report 2014, Chapter 5.02. Retrieved February 10, 2016 .