Chemnitz,

Chemnitz, a town of Saxony, is situated at the base of the Erzgebirge, and at the confluence of the river Chemnitz with three other streams, 51 miles SSE. of Leipzig by rail, and 43 WSW. of Dresden. It is the principal manufacturing town of the kingdom—the 'Saxon Manchester' its townsfolk call it—its industry consisting in weaving cottons, woollens, and silks, and in printing calicoes, chiefly for German consumption. It supplies the world with cheap hosiery, and makes mixed fabrics of wool, cotton, and jute for the markets of Europe and America. It has several extensive machine-factories, producing locomotives and other steam-engines, with machinery for flax and wool spinning, weaving, and mining industry. Created a free imperial city as early as 1125, Chemnitz suffered much during the Thirty Years' War. Pop. (1801) 10,835; (1861) 45,532; (1890) 138,954.