Chemnitz (region)

Jahnsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Neukirchen is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Niederdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Thalheim is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 5 km east of Stollberg, and 16 km south of Chemnitz.

Stollberg is a former district in Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district-free city Chemnitz, and the districts Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Annaberg, Aue-Schwarzenberg, Zwickauer Land and Chemnitzer Land.

Hoheneck Women's Prison (German: Frauengefängnis Hoheneck) was a women's correctional facility in operation between 1862 and 2001 in Stollberg, Germany. It became most notable as a detention facility for female political prisoners in East Germany. The prison was designed to hold up to 600 inmates, however, as many as 1,600 were detained there.The short film Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck examines forced labour in Hoheneck Prison.

Erlbach-Kirchberg is a former municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Lugau.

Stollberg is a town in Saxony, Germany, in the district Erzgebirgskreis. It is situated 20 km east of Zwickau and 17 km southwest of Chemnitz. It was the site of the Hoheneck women's prison until 2001.

Gornsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

The Chemnitz Zoo (German: Tierpark Chemnitz) is a zoo in the city Chemnitz in Sachsen, Germany. The Zoo was opened in 1964, and covers 1 000 animals from 200 species, living on 10 hectares (24.7 acres). During the first decenniums most species reflected the nature of the Soviet Union, and later the zoo reconcepted into breeding of endangered species. In 2014 The Zoo had 178.233 visitors. In 2004, a lion wounded a female zookeeper, and in 2006 another female zookeeper was killed by a leopard. After the female Amur tiger Taiga died in the fall of 2016, the male Jantar lived alone in the tiger enclosure. In December 2017, a second Amur tiger, Wolodja from the Nuremberg Zoo, moved into the facility again. However, the already 19-year-old Jantar was euthanized just a few weeks later.

Niederwürschnitz is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Rabenstein Castle (German:Burg Rabenstein) is the smallest Medieval castle in Saxony. It is located in the Chemnitz suburb of Rabenstein and belongs to the Chemnitz Castle Hill Museum.