Southwest Saxony
Southwest Saxony is a region in the Free State of Saxony .
Location and name of the region
The region largely comprises Vogtland that Westerzgebirge and parts of the Middle Ore Mountains and the southern and western areas of the Pleissenland .
The region was roughly congruent with the former administrative district of Zwickau-Südwestsachsen, which emerged from the Zwickau district administration in 1939 . In the 1990s, the Chemnitz Regional Council, under the leadership of then President Noltze, extended the term to the Chemnitz administrative district, which emerged from the Karl-Marx-Stadt district after German reunification.
Instead of South-West Saxony , the term West- Saxony has established itself for the Chemnitz-Zwickau agglomeration after reunification . The Vogtland is often not included as an independent region. The designation can lead to confusion with the northern region of Leipzig , because in the documents mentioned this is referred to as the planning region of West Saxony .
history
South-west Saxony has been settled since the 10th century during the German settlement in the east , but it was only with the Great Berggeschrey that rapid economic development began. The Vogtland, which had been in the hands of the Wettins since the 14th century , and the Schoenburg lordships belonged to the south-west Saxony region . As early as the end of the 18th century, and especially in the 19th century, there was a second economic boost, so that south-west Saxony was one of the most economically strong and densely populated regions in Europe well into the 20th century.
Natural structure
South-west Saxony is located in the natural area of the Saxon Uplands and Central Mountains .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul-Willy Heilmann (ed.), Peter Jurczek: The South West Saxony Region on the Threshold of the 21st Century , Verlag Heimatland Sachsen (September 1999), ISBN 978-3910186217
- ^ Initiative South West Saxony
- ^ Noltze, Karl, former president of the regional directorate in: The Chemnitz Directorate District = The Chemnitz / South West Saxony region , PDF presentation as of March 1, 2009
- ↑ Spatial planning and regional development in Saxony ( Memento of the original dated May 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Regional Development Brochure 2004, page 8; PDF accessed on May 18, 2013
